From: Adriano Barbosa Subject: Re: /usr size needed for upgrade To: Theo de Raadt Cc: jasites , tech@openbsd.org Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2025 08:21:12 -0400 > Em 24 de out. de 2025, à(s) 14:52, Theo de Raadt escreveu: > > jasites wrote: > >>> On Oct 24, 2025, at 09:39, Adriano Barbosa wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> The upgrade instructions say "Verify that the /usr partition has a >>> size of at least 1.1G". My upgrade 7.8 failed because there wasn't >>> enough space in /usr, but my partition size is 2.0G. >>> /dev/sd1e 2.0G 1.7G 205M 90% /usr >>> >>> Should the instructions be updated, or do they refer to *free* space? >>> >> >> Since others have been helpfully answering how you might go about cleaning up space, or what to look for in that partition, but not answering this question directly, I hope to correctly answer based on reading previous messages on these lists. If I’m wrong, then you’ll have another justification for updating the instructions, at least for clarity. >> >> According to https://openbsd.org/faq/upgrade78.html, where it says “Verify that the /usr partition has a size of at least 1.1G”, the line is prefaced with “Check available disk space in /usr”, which I read to mean that the /usr partition should have at least that much free space available. > > Your interpretation is incorrect. > > It is presuming a few things: > > 1) that /usr/local and other sub-directories are seperate partitions > > 2) that you don't have a massive pile of junk from old releases, in particular > shared libraries, which we cannot delete because we don't know if there is > some binary somewhere relying upo that library > > But it is a general rule. If you want to read specific details into it which > we didn't write, you get all the pieces because there's no warranty or > refunds. Thank you all for all the helpful advices! After removing old stuff, /usr free space increased from 205M to 394M. I ran upgrade once more to make sure I didn't delete anything important. This free space was enough to complete the upgrade without any issues. Obrigado! -- Adriano