[Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#666096: Bug#665631: debdelta fails on machine with 3 gb of RAM due to tmpfs /tmp being too small

[Joey Hess]

Roger Leigh wrote:
> So, what kind of feedback is needed?  After installing the updated
> packages linked to above, I'd like to know if you're still running
> into issues with lack of space on /tmp, and (whether or not you
> have problems):
> 
> - the size and free space on the root filesystem (df /)

AFAICS none of the changes change this, so the failure modes documented
in these bug reports still apply.

> - the amount of system memory (cat /proc/meminfo | grep MemTotal)
> - the amount of swap (cat /proc/meminfo | grep SwapTotal)
> - the size of the tmpfs on /tmp (mount | grep /tmp)
> - the amount of free space on /tmp (df /tmp)
> - which applications and/or shell commands you were using which caused
>   you to run out of space.  The size of the files created would be
>   useful to know. (ls -l /tmp and du -sm /tmp/*)

The bug reports document *most* of this, probably not the amount of swap
but the d-i default is 2x ram.

> - All tmpfs settings moved to /etc/default/tmpfs; it is of course
>   possible to continue to use /etc/fstab to override them.
>   /etc/default/rcS is no longer used.

This continual churn is unfortunate, especially since a lot of users
have been told how to fix their system by disabling the tmpfs in rcS.

-- 
see shy jo
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