Bug 71250 - Aborted installs leave directories in /var/lib
Summary: Aborted installs leave directories in /var/lib
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: anaconda
Version: 7.3
Hardware: i686
OS: Linux
medium
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jeremy Katz
QA Contact: Brock Organ
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2002-08-11 03:34 UTC by Need Real Name
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:45 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2002-08-12 19:33:38 UTC
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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.


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