When upgrading from deb to snap, apt misreports the amount of required download (by ~20x)
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chromium-browser (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
I'm currently working on a metered connection, so I reviewed the download size of the updates that the system wanted me to apply:
$ sudo apt upgrade
...
Need to get 8,841 kB of archives.
...
This is acceptable to me, so I start the upgrade process. Partway through, the chromium snap starts getting installed, which is _155 MB_. I would not have installed this update if I had realised how large the required download _actually was_, and I don't trust snapd to behave itself if I terminate the install.
This is a frustrating user experience, and I think it should be better.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: chromium-browser (not installed)
Uname: Linux 5.4.5-050405-
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu15
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Jan 21 15:35:45 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-05-07 (259 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20190210)
SourcePackage: chromium-browser
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2019-11-15 (67 days ago)
| Dan Watkins (oddbloke) wrote | #1 |
| Dan Watkins (oddbloke) wrote | #2 |
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in chromium-browser (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
Worth noting that "After this operation, 246 MB disk space will be freed." in the apt output is also incorrect.