Ubuntu
update-manager package

free space calculation for the kernel too low

Bug #365623 reported by Natascha
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
update-manager (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
Michael Vogt
Jaunty
Fix Released
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

Programme is not able to install linux-restricted-modules

TEST CASE:
1. when doing the SRU verfication for this bug, please just test for regressions, its difficult
   to setup the /boot partition with exactly the size to trigger the bug (the current value is almost right, but slightly to low)

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ErrorMessage:
 ErrorMessage: Unterprozess post-installation script gab den Fehlerwert 1 zurück
Package: linux-restricted-modules-2.6.28-11-generic 2.6.28-11.15
SourcePackage: linux-restricted-modules
Title: package linux-restricted-modules-2.6.28-11-generic 2.6.28-11.15 failed to install/upgrade:
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-11-generic x86_64

See original description

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lp:update-manager
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Natascha (zinat1) wrote :
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Michael Vogt (mvo) wrote :

Here is the error:

Richte linux-restricted-modules-common ein (2.6.28-11.15) ...
update-rc.d: warning: /etc/init.d/linux-restricted-modules-common missing LSB in
formation
update-rc.d: see <http://wiki.debian.org/LSBInitScripts>
Richte linux-restricted-modules-2.6.28-11-generic ein (2.6.28-11.15) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic
gzip: stdout: No space left on device
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic
dpkg: Fehler beim Bearbeiten von linux-restricted-modules-2.6.28-11-generic (--configure):
 Unterprozess post-installation script gab den Fehlerwert 1 zurück

So it seems it run out of space. The space calculation code did not catch it:

2009-04-23 19:39:18,355 DEBUG dir '/boot' needs '12582912' of '<DistUpgradeCache.FreeSpace object at 0x8a00ed0>' (13949952.000000)

The calculation was too low in u-m

affects: linux-restricted-modules (Ubuntu) → update-manager (Ubuntu)
Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Michael Vogt (mvo)
status: New → Fix Committed
Michael Vogt (mvo)
summary: - not able to install
+ free space calculation for the kernel too low
description: updated
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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

Accepted update-manager into jaunty-proposed, the package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu Jaunty):
status: New → Fix Committed
tags: added: verification-needed
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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

Update was confirmed to work in two other bugs. This did not include specific testing for this issue, so please complain/reopen if it still exists in the update.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package update-manager - 1:0.111.9

---------------
update-manager (1:0.111.9) jaunty-proposed; urgency=low

  * DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeCache.py:
    - increase the size that the kernel requires in /boot
      (LP: #365623)
  * DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeApport.py:
    - fix apport hook integration (LP: #366048)
  * DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py:
    - fix crash in partial upgrade (LP: #366048)
  * DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeQuirks.py:
    - make the gwenview upgrade transition more robust
      (LP: #365840)

 -- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:41:14 +0200

Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu Jaunty):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote :

fixed in latest release too.

Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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