Bug#515160: debian-installer: Absolutely a bug

2009-02-14 Thread Phil Miller
On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 12:20, Phil Miller wrote: > [snip] To be really stringent about it, it > should make sure there's enough free space left after installation > that the system doesn't immediately fall flat on its face. For > example, if /var is on the root partition, and it's so close to ful

Bug#515160: debian-installer: Absolutely a bug

2009-02-14 Thread Phil Miller
This is definitely a bug, though not one to put on the partitioner. The installer needs to check the total size of packages that are going to be installed before it tries to start downloading and unpacking them, and this will (unfortunately, in terms of complexity) need to be done on a per-mount-po