Re: [Evolution] Converting data after 1.5.x installation

[Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj ximian com>]

NotZed committed a fix for this the other day. Instead of using statfs()
he replaced it with statvfs() if it is available. Basically, it sucks to
have to try and figure out how much hard drive space is available in
Unix portably :-(

Jeff

On Mon, 2004-06-07 at 04:32, david grant wrote:
> The following was posted some weeks ago and there was no reply. I have
> searched to find any other mention of this problem but no success.
> I cannot load evo 1.5.x because of a similar false reporting of space
> available.
> Please help!!
>
>
> Message: 1
> From: Ludek Safar <lsafar suse cz>
> To: Evolution Mailing List <evolution lists ximian com>
> Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 17:34:07 +0200
> Subject: [Evolution] Converting data after 1.5.7 installation
>
> Hello,
>
> I've decided the time has come for me to try 1.5.7 snapshot. I've
> installed it with no problem, but after I gave it a try it reports a
> message box with following text:
>
> ----
> Insufficient disk space for upgrade.
>
> Upgrading your data and settings will require upto 257519 KB of disk
> space, but you only have 97183 KB available.
>
> You will need to make more space available in your home directory
> before
> you can continue.
> ----
>
> Can someone share a thought with me where Evo gets a free space amount
> information? There's almost 760 MB free on the partition where my home
> resides...
>
> Thanks a lot!
>
> Ludek
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