Report forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk>:
Bug#9090; Package dpkg.   debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.orgIan Jackson  Subject: Bug#9090: dpkg: long fs names reported from df break space calculations Reply-To: swift@alum.mit.edu, 9090@bugs.debian.org Resent-From: Resent-To: debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org Resent-CC: Ian Jackson Resent-Date: Sat, 26 Apr 1997 04:03:06 GMT Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: iwj@debian.org X-Debian-PR-Package: dpkg X-Debian-PR-Keywords: X-Loop: owner@bugs.debian.org Received: via spool by bugs@bugs.debian.org id=B.86202683426941 (code B ref -1); Sat, 26 Apr 1997 04:03:06 GMT Date: Fri, 25 Apr 1997 23:53:26 -0400 Message-Id: <199704260353.XAA03719@localhost.bu.edu> From: To: submit@bugs.debian.org X-Mailer: bug 2.93 Package: dpkg Version: 1.4.0.8 df reports the following: ~# df Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Available Capacity Mounted on /dev/hda1 2425288 1350769 949126 59% / /dev/hdc1 1245664 473408 772256 38% /windisk /dev/hdc3 474227 13 449720 0% /xtra satellite:/var/lib/dpkg/methods/ftp/debian 301049 62446 223055 22% /mnt ~> df --version df (GNU fileutils) 3.16 Notice that the long fs name causes df to split output for that fs into two lines. This breaks logic in dpkg that tries to determine the available bytes for a long fs. It would say the available bytes is "22%"; my reverse engineering guess is that it's taking the fourth field from a line that matches the right mount directory. The fourth field in this case is the fifth field in the normal case. -- System Information Debian Release: 1.3 Kernel Version: Linux localhost 2.0.30 #1 Thu Apr 24 13:34:49 EDT 1997 i586 unknown Versions of the packages dpkg depends on: libc5 Version: 5.4.23-2 ncurses3.0 Version: 1.9.9e-1   Acknowledgement sent to swift@alum.mit.edu:
New bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk>.   -t  From: owner@bugs.debian.org (Ian Jackson) To: swift@alum.mit.edu Subject: Bug#9090: Acknowledgement (was: dpkg: long fs names reported from df break space calculations) Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <199704260353.XAA03719@localhost.bu.edu> References: <199704260353.XAA03719@localhost.bu.edu> Thank you for the problem report you have sent regarding Debian Linux. This is an automatically generated reply, to let you know your message has been received. It is being forwarded to the developers' mailing list for their attention; they will reply in due course. Your message has been sent to the package maintainer(s): Ian Jackson If you wish to submit further information on your problem, please send it to 9090@bugs.debian.org (and *not* to bugs@bugs.debian.org). Please do not reply to the address at the top of this message, unless you wish to report a problem with the bug-tracking system. Ian Jackson (maintainer, Debian bug tracking system)   Received: (at submit) by bugs.debian.org; 26 Apr 1997 03:53:54 +0000 Received: (qmail 26939 invoked from network); 26 Apr 1997 03:53:49 -0000 Received: from ppp-87-32.bu.edu (HELO localhost.bu.edu) (128.197.8.244) by master.debian.org with SMTP; 26 Apr 1997 03:53:48 -0000 Received: (from swift@localhost) by localhost.bu.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) id XAA03719; Fri, 25 Apr 1997 23:53:26 -0400 Date: Fri, 25 Apr 1997 23:53:26 -0400 Message-Id: <199704260353.XAA03719@localhost.bu.edu> From: Subject: dpkg: long fs names reported from df break space calculations To: submit@bugs.debian.org X-Mailer: bug 2.93 Reply-to: swift@alum.mit.edu Package: dpkg Version: 1.4.0.8 df reports the following: ~# df Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Available Capacity Mounted on /dev/hda1 2425288 1350769 949126 59% / /dev/hdc1 1245664 473408 772256 38% /windisk /dev/hdc3 474227 13 449720 0% /xtra satellite:/var/lib/dpkg/methods/ftp/debian 301049 62446 223055 22% /mnt ~> df --version df (GNU fileutils) 3.16 Notice that the long fs name causes df to split output for that fs into two lines. This breaks logic in dpkg that tries to determine the available bytes for a long fs. It would say the available bytes is "22%"; my reverse engineering guess is that it's taking the fourth field from a line that matches the right mount directory. The fourth field in this case is the fifth field in the normal case. -- System Information Debian Release: 1.3 Kernel Version: Linux localhost 2.0.30 #1 Thu Apr 24 13:34:49 EDT 1997 i586 unknown Versions of the packages dpkg depends on: libc5 Version: 5.4.23-2 ncurses3.0 Version: 1.9.9e-1   Information forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk>:
Bug#9090; Package dpkg.   debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.orgIan Jackson  Subject: Bug#9090: dpkg: long fs names reported from df break space calculations Reply-To: Klee Dienes , 9090@bugs.debian.org Resent-From: Klee Dienes Orignal-Sender: klee@sauron.fashion-technology.com Resent-To: debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org Resent-CC: Ian Jackson Resent-Date: Sat, 26 Apr 1997 06:48:04 GMT Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: iwj@debian.org X-Debian-PR-Package: dpkg X-Debian-PR-Keywords: X-Loop: owner@bugs.debian.org Received: via spool by 9090-bugs@bugs.debian.org id=B9090.86203654828561 (code B ref 9090); Sat, 26 Apr 1997 06:48:04 GMT From: Klee Dienes To: swift@alum.mit.edu, 9090@bugs.debian.org In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 25 Apr 1997 23:53:26 EDT." <199704260353.XAA03719@localhost.bu.edu> Date: Sat, 26 Apr 1997 02:34:18 -0400 Sender: klee@sauron.fashion-technology.com Message-Id: This is a bug in dpkg-ftp, not in dpkg. I believe it can be fixed by lines 230 and 236 in 'install' to use 'df -P -k' instead of 'df -k'. Thanks for the reports, - Klee   Acknowledgement sent to Klee Dienes <klee@mit.edu>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk>.   -t  From: owner@bugs.debian.org (Ian Jackson) To: Klee Dienes Subject: Bug#9090: Info received (was Bug#9090: dpkg: long fs names reported from df break space calculations ) Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: Thank you for the additional information you have supplied regarding this problem report. It has been forwarded to the developer(s) and to the developers' mailing list to accompany the original report. Your message has been sent to the package maintainer(s): Ian Jackson If you wish to continue to submit further information on your problem, please send it to 9090@bugs.debian.org, as before. Please do not reply to the address at the top of this message, unless you wish to report a problem with the bug-tracking system. Ian Jackson (maintainer, Debian bug tracking system)   Received: (at 9090) by bugs.debian.org; 26 Apr 1997 06:35:48 +0000 Received: (qmail 28557 invoked from network); 26 Apr 1997 06:35:38 -0000 Received: from nhv-ct6-34.ix.netcom.com (HELO sauron.fashion-technology.com) (206.217.125.98) by master.debian.org with SMTP; 26 Apr 1997 06:35:29 -0000 Received: from sauron.fashion-technology.com [127.0.0.1] by sauron.fashion-technology.com with esmtp (Exim 1.61 #1) id 0wL14B-0007aa-00 (Debian); Sat, 26 Apr 1997 02:34:19 -0400 From: Klee Dienes Reply-To: Klee Dienes To: swift@alum.mit.edu, 9090@bugs.debian.org Subject: Re: Bug#9090: dpkg: long fs names reported from df break space calculations In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 25 Apr 1997 23:53:26 EDT." <199704260353.XAA03719@localhost.bu.edu> Date: Sat, 26 Apr 1997 02:34:18 -0400 Sender: klee@sauron.fashion-technology.com Message-Id: This is a bug in dpkg-ftp, not in dpkg. I believe it can be fixed by lines 230 and 236 in 'install' to use 'df -P -k' instead of 'df -k'. Thanks for the reports, - Klee   Bug reassigned from package `dpkg' to `dpkg-ftp'. Request was from Klee Dienes <klee@mit.edu> to control@bugs.debian.org.   Received: (at control) by bugs.debian.org; 26 Apr 1997 07:17:06 +0000 Received: (qmail 29236 invoked from network); 26 Apr 1997 07:16:57 -0000 Received: from nhv-ct6-34.ix.netcom.com (HELO sauron.fashion-technology.com) (206.217.125.98) by master.debian.org with SMTP; 26 Apr 1997 07:16:49 -0000 Received: from klee by sauron.fashion-technology.com with local (Exim 1.61 #1) id 0wL1iE-0007eF-00 (Debian); Sat, 26 Apr 1997 03:15:42 -0400 From: Klee Dienes Reply-To: Klee Dienes To: control@bugs.debian.org Subject: reassign 9090 dpkg-ftp Message-Id: Sender: Klee Dienes Date: Sat, 26 Apr 1997 03:15:42 -0400 reassign 9090 dpkg-ftp