On systems with low RAM, remove unwanted packages after install (mga#27872).

This avoids running out of space in the RAM overlay filesystem.

2 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 134e680..17caa35 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+- on systems with low RAM, remove unwanted packages after install (mga#27872)
+  (this avoids running out of space in the RAM overlay filesystem)
+
 2.29
 
 - revert generate report.bug.xz on exit
diff --git a/draklive-install b/draklive-install
index d508fa1..c084713 100755
--- a/draklive-install
+++ b/draklive-install
@@ -91,13 +91,20 @@ sub install_live() {
 
     my $persistent = -e '/run/mgalive/persistent';
 
+    # Don't remove packages from a persistent live system, as they will no
+    # longer be available for future installs. Don't remove packages from
+    # a non-persistent live system with insufficient RAM to accomodate the
+    # changes that will be stored in the upper layer of the overlay file
+    # system (mga#27872).
+    my $remove_after_install = $persistent || ram_size_in_MB() < 750;
+
     display_start_message();
     init_hds($in, $all_hds, $fstab);
     ask_partitions_loop($in, $all_hds, $fstab, $copy_source);
-    remove_unused_packages($in, $copy_source) if !$persistent;
+    remove_unused_packages($in, $copy_source) if !$remove_after_install;
     prepare_root($in);
     copy_root($in, $copy_source);
-    remove_unused_packages($in, $::prefix) if $persistent;
+    remove_unused_packages($in, $::prefix) if $remove_after_install;
     complete_install($in, $all_hds);
     setup_bootloader($in, $all_hds, $fstab);
     install_updates($in);
@@ -106,6 +113,11 @@ sub install_live() {
     $in->exit(0);
 }
 
+sub ram_size_in_MB() {
+    my @mem_total = map { /(\d+)/ } grep { /^MemTotal:/ } cat_("/proc/meminfo");
+    $mem_total[0] / 1024;
+}
+
 sub umount_all {
     my ($fstab, $o_except_swap) = @_;
     #- make sure nothing is mounted in the new root