Bug 71250

Summary:	Aborted installs leave directories in /var/lib
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Need Real Name <rnspayne>
Component:	anaconda	Assignee:	Jeremy Katz <katzj>
Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE	QA Contact:	Brock Organ <borgan>
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Description Need Real Name 2002-08-11 03:34:46 UTC

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Description of problem:
Aborting an installation leaves anaconda-* directories in /var/lib that take up
space and cause future installations to fail for lack of disk space.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start upgrade
2. Go to step that autoselects packages and begins to install them
3. Abort installation
	

Actual Results:  /var/lib/anaconda-* will be left behind in the currently
mounted /mnt/sysimage/var/lib, and future installs do not clean up these
directories.  After enough aborted installs, /var will be full on the machine
being upgraded, and future installs will fail for lack of disk space, or will
fail mid-install complaining about installation media errors.

Expected Results:  Anaconda should look for and delete directories left behind
by previously aborted installs

Additional info:

Comment 1 Jeremy Katz 2002-08-12 21:13:59 UTC

We've changed our upgrade algorithm so that in most cases, this won't be a
problem.  Making further changes has the possibility of negatively blowing away
an rpmdb backup that was intentionally made.