[Bug 1443315] [NEW] Poor disk space handling, burden on users

[Stuart Bishop]

Public bug reported:

software-updater has just informed me that I don't have enough free disk
space on /boot and even tells me two options to free space, one of which
will probably work in this situation but involves dropping to the
command line. Despite telling me how to solve the problem, it won't
actually take responsibility and perform the action. Instead it places
the burden on the user, possibly to avoid taking responsibility.

software-updater (or some lower level component) should take
responsibility for ensuring /boot retains a healthy amount of free space
and that updates do not get blocked until users perform operations they
may not understand on the command line.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: update-manager 1:15.04.3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-12.12-generic 3.19.3
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-12-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.17-0ubuntu2
Aptdaemon:
 
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Mon Apr 13 10:55:30 2015
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/update-manager
GsettingsChanges:
 b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'show-details' b'true'
 b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-height' b'668'
 b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'first-run' b'false'
 b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-width' b'636'
 b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'launch-time' b'1428905775'
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-03-13 (30 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.1)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python3.4
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: update-manager
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2015-03-16 (27 days ago)

** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug third-party-packages vivid

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Title:
  Poor disk space handling, burden on users

Status in update-manager package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  software-updater has just informed me that I don't have enough free
  disk space on /boot and even tells me two options to free space, one
  of which will probably work in this situation but involves dropping to
  the command line. Despite telling me how to solve the problem, it
  won't actually take responsibility and perform the action. Instead it
  places the burden on the user, possibly to avoid taking
  responsibility.

  software-updater (or some lower level component) should take
  responsibility for ensuring /boot retains a healthy amount of free
  space and that updates do not get blocked until users perform
  operations they may not understand on the command line.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
  Package: update-manager 1:15.04.3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-12.12-generic 3.19.3
  Uname: Linux 3.19.0-12-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
  ApportVersion: 2.17-0ubuntu2
  Aptdaemon:
   
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Mon Apr 13 10:55:30 2015
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/update-manager
  GsettingsChanges:
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'show-details' b'true'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-height' b'668'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'first-run' b'false'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-width' b'636'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'launch-time' b'1428905775'
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-03-13 (30 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.1)
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python3.4
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2015-03-16 (27 days ago)

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