Re: pkg/53533: Suggestion: sysupgrade should terminate gracefully on full partitions.

[Lars-Johan Liman <liman%cafax.se@localhost>]

leot%NetBSD.org@localhost:
> The following reply was made to PR pkg/53533; it has been noted by GNATS.

> From: Leonardo Taccari <leot%NetBSD.org@localhost>
> To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
> Cc: 
> Subject: Re: pkg/53533: Suggestion: sysupgrade should terminate
> gracefully on full partitions.
> Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2018 12:32:20 +0200

>  Hello Lars-Johan,

>  liman%cafax.se@localhost writes:
>> [...]
>> >Description:
>> Sysupgrade is a fantastic tool. but while using sysupgrade-1.5nb3 to upg=
>  rade from NetBSD 7.1.2 to 8.0, my /usr partition went through the roof. Fa=
>  ir enogh. It was indeed too small.
>> 
>> The issue is that sysupgrade didn't notice. It just kept trying to pump =
>  new files onto the full partition.
>> 
>> I suggest adding more sensitivity to sysupgrade so that it detects a ful=
>  l partition, and aborts gracefully - possibly leavning a status file behin=
>  d somewhere so it can continue from where it left off when a sysadmin has =
>  addressed the issue with the full partition.
>> 
>> Just a thought ...
>> >How-To-Repeat:
>> Fill up your /usr partition almost to the brim, then try to use sysupgra=
>  de.
>> [...]

>  Can you please report this problem upstream?

Ah. Yes, I'll be happy to. I was just following instructions on

http://cdn.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/current/pkgsrc/sysutils/sysupgrade/README.html

which says:

    "Problem reports, updates or *SUGGESTIONS* for this package should be
    reported with send-pr."

>  I think that despite there is no HOMEPAGE in sysutils/sysupgrade its
>  HOMEPAGE should be:

>   <https://github.com/jmmv/sysupgrade>

Ack! Thanks! Will do!

Thanks for responding quickly!

				Cheers,
				  /Liman