Every atp command returns an avalanche of errors, I freed up some space but the package management stuff seems gone and I can’t seem to fix it. Should I fresh install?

  • brooke592@sh.itjust.works
    131·
    20 hours ago

    Sorry that happened to you.

    The distro developers should implement a solution so that updating without enough space doesn’t break your system. They could prevent the update or at least warn you that there’s not enough space and bad things can happen.

    • utopiah@lemmy.ml
      1·
      2 hours ago

      There are warnings so my bet is that there is an edge case where

      • one runs apt and receives NO warning
      • the system keeps on doing other tasks, e.g. user copies a large file on the same filesystem or log files just increasing
      • user runs apt upgrade BUT now apt would warn except it’s not run again

      so basically concurrency that makes it unpredictable, except if apt was the only process writing on the filesystem (which it never is).