yum update - (false) diskspace issue

[Cam Desautels]

Sean wrote:
> On Mon, December 6, 2004 2:32 am, shrek-m at gmx.de said:
> 
>>Cam Desautels wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Not sure what the proplem is here...I issue a yum update and it fails
>>>saying that the packages require X amount of diskspace, but I _have_
>>>enough space.
>>>
>>>initscripts-8.00-1 needs 2MB
>>>kernel-2.6.9-1.1014_FC4 needs 71MB
>>>gnome-python2-2.6.0-4 needs 72MB
>>>cyrus-sasl-2.1.20-3 needs 73MB
>>>foomatic-3.0.2-10 needs 75MB
>>>(...)
>>>dhclient-3.0.1-14 needs 104MB
>>>prelink-0.3.3-1 needs 105MB
>>>system-config-packages-1.2.21-2 needs 106MB
>>>system-config-display-1.0.24-1 needs 106MB
>>>desktop-printing-0.17-5 needs 107MB
>>
>>$ bc
>>2+71+72+73+75+104+105+106+106+107
>>821
>>
>>i doubt that these few packages need 821 MB
>>
> 
> 
> Actually looks like 107Mb is the accumulated total.   

Yeah, that's accumulated like you said. Note that the amount is 
monotonically increasing.

Since a kernel is
> being installed is it possible that there is a separate /boot partition
> that actually is full?

Very good point! The kernel appears to need 69MB (71 - 2) and only 66MB 
are available on that drive.

Thanks for the help, mystery solved.

In the meantime I attempted to update some packages (but not everything) 
and now my yum is broken:

[root at celes ~]# yum install lyx
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/usr/bin/yum", line 6, in ?
     import yummain
   File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 23, in ?
     import yum
   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 21, in ?
     import rpm
ImportError: No module named rpm
[root at celes ~]#


*sigh* It's a bad night for yum.

Here's what I updated:
Dependencies Resolved
Transaction Listing:
   Update: perl.i386 3:5.8.5-13
   Update: thunderbird.i386 0:1.0-0.rc1.0
   Update: xmms.i386 1:1.2.10-10
   Update: xorg-x11.i386 0:6.8.1-22

Performing the following to resolve dependencies:
   Install: mysqlclient10.i386 0:3.23.58-4
   Update: abiword.i386 1:2.2.0-2
   Update: alchemist.i386 0:1.0.35-1
   Update: apr-util.i386 0:0.9.5-1
   Update: db4.i386 0:4.3.21-1
   Update: db4-devel.i386 0:4.3.21-1
   Update: db4-utils.i386 0:4.3.21-1
   Update: gnome-python2.i386 0:2.6.0-4
   Update: gnome-python2-bonobo.i386 0:2.6.0-4
   Update: gnome-python2-canvas.i386 0:2.6.0-4
   Update: gnome-python2-gtkhtml2.i386 0:2.6.0-4
   Update: httpd.i386 0:2.0.52-6
   Update: httpd-manual.i386 0:2.0.52-6
   Update: httpd-suexec.i386 0:2.0.52-6
   Update: libxml2.i386 0:2.6.16-5
   Update: libxml2-devel.i386 0:2.6.16-5
   Update: libxml2-python.i386 0:2.6.16-5
   Update: mod_auth_mysql.i386 1:2.6.1-2
   Update: mod_perl.i386 0:1.99_16-5
   Update: mysql.i386 0:4.1.7-4
   Update: mysql-devel.i386 0:4.1.7-4
   Update: mysql-server.i386 0:4.1.7-4
   Update: openoffice.org.i386 0:1.1.2-14.7
   Update: openoffice.org-i18n.i386 0:1.1.2-14.7
   Update: openoffice.org-libs.i386 0:1.1.2-14.7
   Update: pam.i386 0:0.78-2
   Update: pam-devel.i386 0:0.78-2
   Update: perl-DBD-MySQL.i386 0:2.9004-4
   Update: php.i386 0:5.0.2-8
   Update: php-mbstring.i386 0:5.0.2-8
   Update: php-mysql.i386 0:5.0.2-8
   Update: php-pear.i386 0:5.0.2-8
   Update: pyparted.i386 0:1.6.8-3
   Update: python.i386 0:2.4-1
   Update: python-devel.i386 0:2.4-1
   Update: sendmail.i386 0:8.13.1-2.2
   Update: system-config-printer.i386 0:0.6.118-1
   Update: system-config-printer-gui.i386 0:0.6.118-1
   Update: xorg-x11-deprecated-libs.i386 0:6.8.1-22
   Update: xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-devel.i386 0:6.8.1-22
   Update: xorg-x11-devel.i386 0:6.8.1-22
   Update: xorg-x11-libs.i386 0:6.8.1-22
   Update: xorg-x11-xfs.i386 0:6.8.1-22

I suppose python must be the culprit...?
Thanks again.
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