130907 - Installer always reports lack of diskspace on /usr

Status: VERIFIED WORKSFORME

(SeaMonkey :: Installer, defect)

Description

[David Jansen]

When installing Mozilla 0.9.9 using the full installer package, my system didn't
have enough space in /usr/local. The installer correctly reported this. But then
I went back and selected a different partition to install (/software) where
there was plenty of space, and it still reported I only had 9 MB avaialable space.
After cleanup in /usr I could install in /software without such a warning, so it
looks like the diskspace check always looks in /usr, not in the chosen
installation directory.

Comment 1

[Daniel Veditz [:dveditz]]

Is it possible that your /tmp partition was also low on space? The installation 
process also writes a bunch of stuff there. I believe this can be redirected 
using TMPDIR. Or did the error message specifically say /usr was out of space?

Comment 2

[Kai Lahmann (is there, where MNG is)]

David Jansen: can you still reproduce this with a recent Mozilla version (like
1.0RC3)? If not, mark this bug "worksforme"

Comment 3

[David Jansen]

Just tried it with 1.0RC3 and no more errors. Thanks!!

Comment 4

[K'Trina Medina]

Verified. Works for reporter now.