On 6.9.2018 16:44, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote: > * The kernel could "pre-allocate" space in /var/tmp (by %ghosting a > dummy nonzero-length file there) so that the package simply won't > install if there isn't space sufficient to generate the initramfs. > Would that be something we could reasonably do? > > This would result in the kernel package "owning" a file in /var/tmp > that doesn't exist. The name doesn't actually matter and the file > wouldn't actually be in the package. RPM would just ensure that > enough space would exist in /var/tmp before allowing the installation > to begin.
FWIW, the name does matter. You'd have to ensure the name is as unlikely to collide with whatever anyone puts there as possible. Otherwise you could get a user file removed when the kernel is removed, right? Ondřej Lysoněk _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org
