[Bug 293029] New: kde erraneously refuses to start due to insufficient space on /tmp

[gunther.clasen at ensilica.com]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=293029

           Summary: kde erraneously refuses to start due to insufficient
                    space on /tmp
           Product: kde
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Unlisted Binaries
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: unassigned-bugs at kde.org
        ReportedBy: gunther.clasen at ensilica.com


Version:           unspecified (using KDE 1.2) 
OS:                Linux

startkde can refuse to start kde due to insufficient space on /tmp even though
/tmp has plenty of space available.

Noticed problem in
#  DEFAULT KDE STARTUP SCRIPT ( KDE-3.3.1 )
but also present in
#  DEFAULT KDE STARTUP SCRIPT ( KDE-3.5.4 )
and possibly later versions.

Reproducible: Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
The df command in the script evaluates BLCOK_SIZE, which is unset in the script
before df is being used. This is correct. However, df (now) also evaluates
DF_BLOCK_SIZE, which is not unset in the script. If DF_BLOCK_SIZE is set to a
high value (e.g. GB) then startkde will fail, thinking it has only a few KB on
/tmp when in fact is has a few GB. The same for $HOME


Expected Results:  
I expect startkde to start kde if DF_BLOCK_SIZE is set to GB and /tmp has 4GB
free space.


It is more reliable to explicitly set the block size. Here is a patch which
works:

13,14c13,14
< space_tmp=`LANG=C df /tmp | xargs | cut -d" " -f11`
< homedir_mount=`LANG=C df "$HOME" | xargs | cut -d" " -f8`
---
> space_tmp=`LANG=C df -k /tmp | xargs | cut -d" " -f11`
> homedir_mount=`LANG=C df -k "$HOME" | xargs | cut -d" " -f8`

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