Bug#678924: sks tries to copy the key database during upgrade, fails if not enough space in /var/backup/sks

2012-06-25 Thread Gaudenz Steinlin
Package: sks Followup-For: Bug #678924 IMHO the best way to handle this situation is with a debconf question defaulting to "don't make a backup". A debconf question has several advantages: - It can be preseeded to avoid the question during installation - An explanation can be show to the user to m

Bug#678924: sks tries to copy the key database during upgrade, fails if not enough space in /var/backup/sks

2012-06-24 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
Package: sks Version: 1.1.3-1 on trying to upgrade from sks 1.1.1 to 1.1.3, the postinst configure invocation appears to try to make a full copy of the key database to /var/backup/sks. This file is large (7.5 GiB at the moment). If /var/backup/sks isn't large enough to make the copy, the postins