[Bug 929702] Re: Add common error checks: Dpkg produces unclear error messages if out of disk space

[Sebastian Heinlein]

** Summary changed:

- Dpkg produces unclear error messages if out of disk space
+ Add common error checks: Dpkg produces unclear error messages if out of disk space

** Description changed:

- For whatever reason I got the following error message when updating
- Ubuntu (see screenshot here attached) :
+ If the systems runs out of disk space during installation we get very
+ strange error messages. Apt will only fail with an InstallArchives
+ error.
+ 
+ We should add some checks for common errors to give the user a better
+ way idea about what could be wrong.
+ 
+ 
+ For whatever reason I got the following error message when updating Ubuntu (see screenshot here attached) :
  
  installArchives() failed: (Reading database ...
  (Reading database ... 5%%
  (Reading database ... 10%%
  (Reading database ... 15%%
  (Reading database ... 20%%
  
  There might be a spare "%" and a missing ")" somewhere ?
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: software-center 5.1.8
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-15.24-generic-pae 3.2.5
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-15-generic-pae i686
  ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: i386
  CasperVersion: 1.304
  Date: Thu Feb  9 19:13:01 2012
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha i386 (20120209)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: software-center
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Title:
  Add common error checks: Dpkg produces unclear error messages if out
  of disk space

Status in “aptdaemon” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “dpkg” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  If the systems runs out of disk space during installation we get very
  strange error messages. Apt will only fail with an InstallArchives
  error.

  We should add some checks for common errors to give the user a better
  way idea about what could be wrong.

  
  For whatever reason I got the following error message when updating Ubuntu (see screenshot here attached) :

  installArchives() failed: (Reading database ...
  (Reading database ... 5%%
  (Reading database ... 10%%
  (Reading database ... 15%%
  (Reading database ... 20%%

  There might be a spare "%" and a missing ")" somewhere ?

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: software-center 5.1.8
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-15.24-generic-pae 3.2.5
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-15-generic-pae i686
  ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: i386
  CasperVersion: 1.304
  Date: Thu Feb  9 19:13:01 2012
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha i386 (20120209)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: software-center
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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