218156 - Installation fails with error message (probably when too little space is available)

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 217531

(SeaMonkey :: Installer, defect)

Description

[Ariel Tankus]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.5b) Gecko/20030827
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.5b) Gecko/20030827

I tried to install 1.5a or 1.5b on a disk with about 66M disk space.
The installer did NOT warn about too low disk space, but instead it
raised a popup saying the installation of browser.xpi failed.

[BTW, when the installer ended all packages it raised another popup
saying installtion completed successfully, which contradicted the
failure on browser.xpi. This added more confusion, for I couldn't
be certain if installation were successful or not.]

I then installed on a disk with enough space, and everything went on fine.

I can only guess the installation process needs more disk space then what
would finally be required when installation completes (maybe on /tmp?),
but the disk space test is for the final amount only.
[When space on my disk reduced to 13M and I tried to install, I received
a message saying I had not enough space.  This was okay, as it was before
the installation stage.  Actually, this triggered the solution to install
on a different disk, because otherwise I wouldn't know the problem was
with disk space.]

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Choose a disk with only 66M available.
2.  Run the installer (Choose typical configuration).


Actual Results:  
1. Popup a message saying installation of browser.xpi failed.
2. Popup a message saying installation successful.

Expected Results:  
1. Prior to any installation, issue a message that there is not enough disk space
   available.

Comment 1

[Bernard Alleysson]

maybe a dupe of bug 217531 ?

Comment 2

[Alexander Opitz]

*** Bug 229423 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3

[Alexander Opitz]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 217531 ***

Comment 4

[Grace Bush]

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