clone 487605 -1 retitle 487605 man-db: mandb exits zero even when database writes fail retitle -1 man-db: postinst triggered discards errors from mandb user [EMAIL PROTECTED] usertags 487605 target-2.5.4 thanks
On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 09:44:48AM +1000, Russell Coker wrote: > Unpacking replacement perl-base ... > Processing triggers for man-db ... > /usr/bin/mandb: can't write to /var/cache/man/12440: No space left on device > /usr/bin/mandb: can't write to /var/cache/man/es/12440: No space left on > device > /usr/bin/mandb: can't write to /var/cache/man/fi/12440: No space left on > device > /usr/bin/mandb: can't write to /var/cache/man/it.ISO8859-1/12440: No space > left on device > /usr/bin/mandb: can't write to /var/cache/man/gl/12440: No space left on > device > /usr/bin/mandb: can't write to /var/cache/man/nl/12440: No space left on > device > /usr/bin/mandb: can't write to /var/cache/man/id/12440: No space left on > device > /usr/bin/mandb: can't write to /var/cache/man/zh_CN/12440: No space left on > device > > While the above was running another process was removing files. After that > all the packages from the "apt-get dist-upgrade" run were regarded as > correctly > installed. > > Not sure if this is a bug in man-db or in the dpkg triggers mechanism. The > machine in question is running the latest Unstable and has dpkg version > 1.14.20. Thanks for your report. This is really two bugs, as documented in my cloning instructions above. I don't think either of them are a problem in the dpkg triggers mechanism itself, though. I'll look at fixing this for 2.5.4. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
