Emerge: Check available space before installation.

Aruspex · n00b Joined: 28 Jun 2002 Posts: 51 Location: Brick, NJ

Emerge should make sure that /var and the installation directory have sufficient space before continuing with the installation. At the very least, there should be a way for the user to determine how much space the package will take up.

A good example of why this is needed is openoffice...
I never considered it could fill up 1.8GB of free space in /var.

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delta407 · Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2002 5:38 pm Post subject:

The problem is that there's no telling how large a package will get. That depends on your build environment (header versions, compiler version, etc.), your USE flags, and a number of other things. Basically, implementing this would be a big headache.
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Aruspex · n00b Joined: 28 Jun 2002 Posts: 51 Location: Brick, NJ

Even an estimate or warning would be better than nothing, right?
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