Re: misc/144981: Upgrading FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE to 8.0-STABLE:

On Mar 23, 2010, at 8:20 PM, Thomas Schmitt wrote:

> The following reply was made to PR misc/144981; it has been noted by =
GNATS.
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> From: "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net>
> To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org
> Cc: =20
> Subject: Re: misc/144981: Upgrading FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE to 8.0-STABLE: =
filesystem is full
> Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 20:18:16 +0100
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> Hi,
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>> The assumption being that you actually have enough disk space.
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> Excuse my stubbornness, but i want to stress
> that it was the installer of 8-RELEASE which
> decided about the partitioning of the 50 GB
> slice, not me.
> 100 MB more of ad4s1a would have avoided the
> upgrade problem.
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> If this is not considered a flaw in that
> installer, then my report is indeed inappropriate
> and i apologize for the noise.
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> Have a nice day :)
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> Thomas
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Well, we need to clarify your opinion a bit. The installer does not =
decide anything at all.
You are the one pressing the buttons, but yes you are right, the =
installer advices certain
sizes for a predefined set of partitions. We might argue whether that is =
or is not right, but
given the context of the current ticket; it's not a problem :-)

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