Why this is badly needed:
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automake 100 % done 116/477
error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/share/automake-1.9/Automake/Channels.pm;41535548: cpio: write
authconfig 100 % done 117/477
error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/authconfigmodule.so;41535548: cpio: write
Segmentation fault
[root@localhost ~]# df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda7 5039560 5039560 0 100% /
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We should never have 500 packages single transaction, nor the 500MB
/var space used for said packages needed by that transaction.
I'm sure this 500 package transaction could have been replaced by hundred
of smaller transactions where:
- the amount of disk space required is smaller
- the risk of damage due to a failing transaction is limited
- current transaction and download of the next packages could be
parallelized
Agreed, I didn't put code on the table, just the ideas so far.
Daniel
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