[Bug 699806] [NEW] full /boot partition leaves system in unbootable state

[dhjt]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: kpackagekit

When KPackageKit processes a kernel update, it may happen that the /boot
partition runs out of disk space. Very old kernels are never removed
automatically, so kernels stack up over time. When the /boot partition
runs out of disk space, the update window aborts the update procedure
with an unknown error. It does not communicate to the user that
something Real Bad happened, and that it left your system with a
corrupted, half-installed kernel. Scary boot failures are the result.

KPackageKit fails to detect that the update failed due to a full disk.
Also, when you restart KPackageKit, it fails to detect that some package
was not fully installed (apt-get does).


KPackageKit should:

* Warn user about disk space problems and inform about possible boot problems
* Offer to clean up when update failed and /boot is full
* Detect half-installed packages and offer to fix it

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: kpackagekit 0.5.4-0ubuntu4.3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-26.48-generic 2.6.32.24+drm33.11
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-26-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Jan  7 13:13:24 2011
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: kpackagekit

** Affects: kpackagekit (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug lucid

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Title:
  full /boot partition leaves system in unbootable state