Package: bitcoind
Version: 0.7.2-1
The bitcoin client exits when the disk space is running low while
downloading blocks. This is not the most elegant way to handle it, as
the daemon from a user perspective just disappers without a trace. A
better way would be to pause the block downloading until the disk space
situation improves. The CheckDiskSpace() function in src/main.cpp is
the one triggering this behaviour. It contain this code:
// Check for nMinDiskSpace bytes (currently 50MB)
if (nFreeBytesAvailable < nMinDiskSpace + nAdditionalBytes)
{
fShutdown = true;
string strMessage = _("Warning: Disk space is low!");
strMiscWarning = strMessage;
printf("*** %s\n", strMessage.c_str());
uiInterface.ThreadSafeMessageBox(strMessage, "Bitcoin",
CClientUIInterface::OK | CClientUIInterface::ICON_EXCLAMATION |
CClientUIInterface::MODAL);
StartShutdown();
return false;
}
I noticed the problem with bitcoin-qt, where a dialog about "disk full"
is shown and when I click 'OK' the program just disappears. The code
seem to affect bitcoind too.
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Happy hacking
Petter Reinholdtsen
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