The dpkg messages are not likely to be fixed until the unfortunate
doogieism fd_buffer_copy et al is removed and replaced with something
sensible.
** Also affects: apt (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
** Summary changed:
- dpkg fails too mysteriously when out of disc space
+ confusing messages when installation fails due to ENOSPC
** Also affects: debconf (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
** Description changed:
- Instead of clearly stating that there is no more disc space, dpkg failure mode
- is to report the result of that -- namely that the package does not unpack
properly:
+ There are at least the following bugs here:
- [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/deepfire # apt-get install hibernate
- Reading package lists... Done
- Building dependency tree
- Reading state information... Done
- The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer
required:
- libmdbtools openoffice.org-math openbsd-inetd libhsqldb-java
- libservlet2.3-java openoffice.org-base glob2-data
- Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
- Suggested packages:
- 915resolution xscreensaver kscreensaver gnome-screensaver xlock vlock
- Recommended packages:
- uswsusp
- The following NEW packages will be installed:
- hibernate
- 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
- Need to get 86.1kB of archives.
+ 1. apt says:
+ After unpacking 434kB of additional disk space will be used.
+ Get:1 http://ru.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/universe hibernate 1.94-2 [86.1kB]
+ Fetched 86.1kB in 0s (4366kB/s)
+ E: Archive is too short
+ E: Prior errors apply to /var/cache/apt/archives/hibernate_1.94-2_all.deb
+ This message fails to mention the lack of disk space.
- After unpacking 434kB of additional disk space will be used.
- Get:1 http://ru.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/universe hibernate 1.94-2 [86.1kB]
- Fetched 86.1kB in 0s (4366kB/s)
- E: Archive is too short
- E: Prior errors apply to /var/cache/apt/archives/hibernate_1.94-2_all.deb
- debconf: apt-extracttemplates failed: Bad file descriptor(Reading database
... 109935 files and directories currently installed.)
+ 2. debconf: apt-extracttemplates failed: Bad file descriptor(Reading
+ database ... 109935 files and directories currently installed.)
+
+ This is a bug in debconf which is probably trying to read from fd -1
+ after failing to notice that open failed.
+
+ 3.
Unpacking hibernate (from .../hibernate_1.94-2_all.deb) ...
dpkg-deb (subprocess): short read in buffer_copy (failed to write to pipe in
copy)
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste returned error exit status 2
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/hibernate_1.94-2_all.deb
(--unpack):
short read in buffer_copy (backend dpkg-deb during
`./usr/share/hibernate/scriptlets.d/network')
- Errors were encountered while processing:
- /var/cache/apt/archives/hibernate_1.94-2_all.deb
- E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
+
+ This is a very opaque way of saying "this .deb is corrupted -
+ specifically, it is truncated".
** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu)
Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed
** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Wishlist
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confusing messages when installation fails due to ENOSPC
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/108837
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