Very annoying bug has cropped up today. When I was downloading several hundred articles, pan started to repeatedly download the same article. After dicovering and examining the situation, it turned out that the disk with the temporary data directories was too full to cache the next part in the post it was downloading. Instead of stopping downloading, pan tried again and again to download the parts, failing every time, and immediately trying again and again and again until I stopped it.  As I added more posts to download, pan continued to try to download the articles, placing older posts in the front of the queue, but failed every time to save anything into the cache, and attempting again and again and again instead of stopping and telling me something is wrong. In my case it tried almost 12,700 times (= over 500Mb) before I saw the problem. An extract from the logs is below.

I am running 0.132, however given taht this bug has also not ,been reported for 0.133, I am guessing it most likely still exists.

What pan should do is when the disk is full it should stop downloading and display a warning message.  Possibly, you could build in a function to ensure a certain amount of free space is available, the amount defined by the user, and if the free space, either in %, Kb or Mb, falls below this limit, pan stops and shows a warning message.

LOGS:

Fri Jan 16 21:39:19 2009 - Unable to save "/home/ian/.pan2/article-cache/Yd-dnYxA_bEJifHUnZ2dnUVZ8uWdnZ2d@giganews.com.msg" No sp
ace left on device
Fri Jan 16 21:39:19 2009 - Unable to save "/home/ian/.pan2/article-cache/Yd-dnY9A_bE_ifHUnZ2dnUVZ8uWdnZ2d@giganews.com.msg" No sp
ace left on device
Fri Jan 16 21:39:19 2009 - Unable to save "/home/ian/.pan2/article-cache/Yd-dnYlA_bEmifHUnZ2dnUVZ8uWdnZ2d@giganews.com.msg" No sp
ace left on device
Fri Jan 16 21:39:19 2009 - Unable to save "/home/ian/.pan2/article-cache/Yd-dnYtA_bFJifHUnZ2dnUVZ8uWdnZ2d@giganews.com.msg" No sp
ace left on device
Fri Jan 16 21:39:19 2009 - Unable to save "/home/ian/.pan2/article-cache/Yd-dnYhA_bFaifHUnZ2dnUVZ8uWdnZ2d@giganews.com.msg" No sp
ace left on device
Fri Jan 16 21:39:19 2009 - Unable to save "/home/ian/.pan2/article-cache/Yd-dnYpA_bF8ifHUnZ2dnUVZ8uWdnZ2d@giganews.com.msg" No sp
ace left on device
Fri Jan 16 21:39:20 2009 - Unable to save "/home/ian/.pan2/article-cache/Yd-dnYxA_bEJifHUnZ2dnUVZ8uWdnZ2d@giganews.com.msg" No sp
ace left on device
Fri Jan 16 21:39:20 2009 - Unable to save "/home/ian/.pan2/article-cache/Yd-dnY9A_bE_ifHUnZ2dnUVZ8uWdnZ2d@giganews.com.msg" No sp
ace left on device
Fri Jan 16 21:39:20 2009 - Unable to save "/home/ian/.pan2/article-cache/Yd-dnYlA_bEmifHUnZ2dnUVZ8uWdnZ2d@giganews.com.msg" No sp
ace left on device
Fri Jan 16 21:39:20 2009 - Unable to save "/home/ian/.pan2/article-cache/Yd-dnYVA_bFzifHUnZ2dnUVZ8uWdnZ2d@giganews.com.msg" No sp
ace left on device
Fri Jan 16 21:39:20 2009 - Unable to save "/home/ian/.pan2/article-cache/Yd-dnYtA_bFJifHUnZ2dnUVZ8uWdnZ2d@giganews.com.msg" No sp
ace left on device
Fri Jan 16 21:39:21 2009 - Unable to save "/home/ian/.pan2/article-cache/Yd-dnYhA_bFaifHUnZ2dnUVZ8uWdnZ2d@giganews.com.msg" No sp
ace left on device
Fri Jan 16 21:39:21 2009 - Unable to save "/home/ian/.pan2/article-cache/Yd-dnYpA_bF8ifHUnZ2dnUVZ8uWdnZ2d@giganews.com.msg" No sp
ace left on device
Fri Jan 16 21:39:21 2009 - Unable to save "/home/ian/.pan2/article-cache/Yd-dnY5A_bEzifHUnZ2dnUVZ8uWdnZ2d@giganews.com.msg" No sp
ace left on device
Fri Jan 16 21:39:21 2009 - Unable to save "/home/ian/.pan2/article-cache/Yd-dnYxA_bEJifHUnZ2dnUVZ8uWdnZ2d@giganews.com.msg" No sp
ace left on device
Fri Jan 16 21:39:21 2009 - Unable to save "/home/ian/.pan2/article-cache/Yd-dnY9A_bE_ifHUnZ2dnUVZ8uWdnZ2d@giganews.com.msg" No sp
ace left on device
Fri Jan 16 21:39:21 2009 - Unable to save "/home/ian/.pan2/article-cache/Yd-dnYlA_bEmifHUnZ2dnUVZ8uWdnZ2d@giganews.com.msg" No sp
ace left on device
Fri Jan 16 21:39:21 2009 - Unable to save "/home/ian/.pan2/article-cache/Yd-dnYVA_bFzifHUnZ2dnUVZ8uWdnZ2d@giganews.com.msg" No sp
ace left on device
Fri Jan 16 21:39:22 2009 - Unable to save "/home/ian/.pan2/article-cache/Yd-dnYtA_bFJifHUnZ2dnUVZ8uWdnZ2d@giganews.com.msg" No sp
ace left on device
Fri Jan 16 21:39:22 2009 - Unable to save "/home/ian/.pan2/article-cache/Yd-dnYhA_bFaifHUnZ2dnUVZ8uWdnZ2d@giganews.com.msg" No sp
ace left on device
Fri Jan 16 21:39:22 2009 - Unable to save "/home/ian/.pan2/article-cache/Yd-dnYpA_bF8ifHUnZ2dnUVZ8uWdnZ2d@giganews.com.msg" No sp
ace left on device
Fri Jan 16 21:39:22 2009 - Unable to save "/home/ian/.pan2/article-cache/Yd-dnY5A_bEzifHUnZ2dnUVZ8uWdnZ2d@giganews.com.msg" No sp
ace left on device

[..... snip about 12,600 identical entries...]

Fri Jan 16 22:14:16 2009 - Unable to save "/home/ian/.pan2/article-cache/part1of25.7yltOYCDxiEAxDNvZm33@-powerpost.local.msg" No space left on device
Fri Jan 16 22:14:16 2009 - Unable to save "/home/ian/.pan2/article-cache/part2of25.7yltOYCDxiEAxDNvZm33@-powerpost.local.msg" No space left on device
Fri Jan 16 22:14:16 2009 - Unable to save "/home/ian/.pan2/article-cache/part3of25.7yltOYCDxiEAxDNvZm33@-powerpost.local.msg" No space left on device
Fri Jan 16 22:14:16 2009 - Unable to save "/home/ian/.pan2/article-cache/part4of25.7yltOYCDxiEAxDNvZm33@-powerpost.local.msg" No space left on device
Fri Jan 16 22:14:16 2009 - Unable to save "/home/ian/.pan2/article-cache/part7of25.7yltOYCDxiEAxDNvZm33@-powerpost.local.msg" No space left on device
Fri Jan 16 22:14:16 2009 - Unable to save "/home/ian/.pan2/article-cache/part5of25.7yltOYCDxiEAxDNvZm33@-powerpost.local.msg" No space left on device
Fri Jan 16 22:14:16 2009 - Unable to save "/home/ian/.pan2/article-cache/part8of25.7yltOYCDxiEAxDNvZm33@-powerpost.local.msg" No space left on device
Fri Jan 16 22:14:17 2009 - Unable to save "/home/ian/.pan2/article-cache/part6of25.7yltOYCDxiEAxDNvZm33@-powerpost.local.msg" No space left on device
Fri Jan 16 22:14:17 2009 - Unable to save "/home/ian/.pan2/article-cache/part1of25.7yltOYCDxiEAxDNvZm33@-powerpost.local.msg" No space left on device
Fri Jan 16 22:14:18 2009 - Unable to save "/home/ian/.pan2/article-cache/part3of25.7yltOYCDxiEAxDNvZm33@-powerpost.local.msg" No space left on device
Fri Jan 16 22:14:18 2009 - Unable to save "/home/ian/.pan2/article-cache/part2of25.7yltOYCDxiEAxDNvZm33@-powerpost.local.msg" No space left on device
Fri Jan 16 22:14:18 2009 - Unable to save "/home/ian/.pan2/article-cache/part4of25.7yltOYCDxiEAxDNvZm33@-powerpost.local.msg" No space left on device
Fri Jan 16 22:14:18 2009 - Unable to save "/home/ian/.pan2/article-cache/part5of25.7yltOYCDxiEAxDNvZm33@-powerpost.local.msg" No space left on device
Fri Jan 16 22:14:18 2009 - Unable to save "/home/ian/.pan2/article-cache/part7of25.7yltOYCDxiEAxDNvZm33@-powerpost.local.msg" No space left on device
Fri Jan 16 22:14:18 2009 - Unable to save "/home/ian/.pan2/article-cache/part8of25.7yltOYCDxiEAxDNvZm33@-powerpost.local.msg" No space left on device
Fri Jan 16 22:14:19 2009 - Unable to save "/home/ian/.pan2/article-cache/part6of25.7yltOYCDxiEAxDNvZm33@-powerpost.local.msg" No space left on device
Fri Jan 16 22:14:19 2009 - Unable to save "/home/ian/.pan2/article-cache/part1of25.7yltOYCDxiEAxDNvZm33@-powerpost.local.msg" No space left on device
Fri Jan 16 22:14:19 2009 - Unable to save "/home/ian/.pan2/article-cache/part3of25.7yltOYCDxiEAxDNvZm33@-powerpost.local.msg" No space left on device
Fri Jan 16 22:14:19 2009 - Unable to save "/home/ian/.pan2/article-cache/part4of25.7yltOYCDxiEAxDNvZm33@-powerpost.local.msg" No space left on device
Fri Jan 16 22:14:19 2009 - Unable to save "/home/ian/.pan2/article-cache/part2of25.7yltOYCDxiEAxDNvZm33@-powerpost.local.msg" No space left on device
Fri Jan 16 22:14:20 2009 - Unable to save "/home/ian/.pan2/article-cache/part5of25.7yltOYCDxiEAxDNvZm33@-powerpost.local.msg" No space left on device
Fri Jan 16 22:14:20 2009 - Unable to save "/home/ian/.pan2/article-cache/part7of25.7yltOYCDxiEAxDNvZm33@-powerpost.local.msg" No space left on device