Subject: apt fails when run in initramfs software appliance Package: apt Version: 0.6.46.4-0.1 Severity: important
While building a software appliance from Debian recently, I ran into a problem with apt in which it prints this: E: You don't have enough free space in /var/cache/apt/archives/. Note that the appliance is a single cpio file that Linux mounts on boot as an initramfs. After reading bug #221666, I worked around the problem by hacking the init scripts to mount a special tmpfs dir on that specific directly, but this is a very undesirable solution. Would you accept a patch to make apt deal with the case gracefully? If not, would you accept a patch that adds a command line option to ignore the check? Right now, I cannot use apt in an initramfs-based software appliance without hacking in a tmpfs mount, so I'd really like to get this fixed somehow. Thanks. I tried to report this as a reply to bug #221666, but the mail kept getting bounced. -- Package-specific info: -- apt-config dump -- APT ""; APT::Architecture "i386"; APT::Build-Essential ""; APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential"; Dir "/"; Dir::State "var/lib/apt/"; Dir::State::lists "lists/"; Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list"; Dir::State::userstatus "status.user"; Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status"; Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/"; Dir::Cache::archives "archives/"; Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin"; Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin"; Dir::Etc "etc/apt/"; Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list"; Dir::Etc::sourceparts "sources.list.d"; Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list"; Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d"; Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf"; Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d"; Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences"; Dir::Bin ""; Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods"; Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg"; DPkg ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true"; -- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) -- -- /etc/apt/sources.list -- deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian etch main -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-14-generic Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages apt depends on: ii debian-archive-keyring 2007.07.31~etch1 GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13etch2 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libgcc1 1:4.1.1-21 GCC support library ii libstdc++6 4.1.1-21 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 apt recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
