Re: [MacPorts] #13968: ditto: … No space left on device (whilst running a string of commands related to sudo port mdmg wv)

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#13968: ditto: … No space left on device (whilst running a string of commands
related to sudo port mdmg wv)
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  Reporter:  grahamperrin at gmail.com  |       Owner:  afb at macports.org  
      Type:  defect                  |      Status:  assigned          
  Priority:  Normal                  |   Milestone:  MacPorts base bugs
 Component:  base                    |     Version:  1.6.0             
Resolution:                          |    Keywords:  mdmg ditto        
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Comment (by afb at macports.org):

 Replying to [ticket:13968 grahamperrin at gmail.com]:
 > On my hard disk there was more than 8 GB free before running the
 commands, so I assume that it was the disk ''image'' that had no space
 left.
 >
 > = Questions relating to space on device =
 >  1. How to avoid running out of space on the device?
 >  2. How to calculate the amount of space required?
 >  3. If the amount can not be ''calculated'', how much would we
 ''guess''?

 I assume so too... (that it was the disk image it created, rather than
 your hard disk itself)

 It calculates the space based on the size of the mpkg, but apparently
 something failed there.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/ticket/13968#comment:10>
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