** Summary changed: - Dpkg produces unclear error messages if out of disk space + Add common error checks: Dpkg produces unclear error messages if out of disk space
** Description changed: - For whatever reason I got the following error message when updating - Ubuntu (see screenshot here attached) : + If the systems runs out of disk space during installation we get very + strange error messages. Apt will only fail with an InstallArchives + error. + + We should add some checks for common errors to give the user a better + way idea about what could be wrong. + + + For whatever reason I got the following error message when updating Ubuntu (see screenshot here attached) : installArchives() failed: (Reading database ... (Reading database ... 5%% (Reading database ... 10%% (Reading database ... 15%% (Reading database ... 20%% There might be a spare "%" and a missing ")" somewhere ? ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: software-center 5.1.8 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-15.24-generic-pae 3.2.5 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-15-generic-pae i686 ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1 Architecture: i386 CasperVersion: 1.304 Date: Thu Feb 9 19:13:01 2012 LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha i386 (20120209) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: software-center UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/929702 Title: Add common error checks: Dpkg produces unclear error messages if out of disk space To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptdaemon/+bug/929702/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
