On Tue, 2005-11-08 at 12:10 +0000, Paul Howarth wrote: > Joachim Backes wrote: > > Hi, > > > > during "yum update" (FC4) I get the following error message: > > > > Running Transaction > > Updating : openldap ####################### > > [ 1/20] > > Updating : libungif ####################### > > [ 2/20] > > Updating : wireless-tools ####################### > > [ 3/20] > > Updating : tar ####################### > > [ 4/20] > > Updating : nmh ####################### > > [ 5/20] > > error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/bin/install-mh;437091d9: > > cpio: link > > The usual cause of this sort of thing is when a new version of a package > includes a file/directory/symlink at some location (/usr/bin/install-mh > in this case) and the thing already at that location (perhaps in an > older version of the package) is of a different type, e.g. a directory > instead of a file. > > Try removing the nmh package and then reinstalling it using yum. > > Paul. Hi, Paul, tank you for your answer, but did not help (see error msg below): nmh was installed, but with error: rpm -e nmh root@pc31 [~]: yum install nmh Setting up Install Process Setting up repositories Extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 updates-released 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 http://ftp.ipv6.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/ftp.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/4/i386/os/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (97, 'Address family not supported by protocol')> Trying other mirror. base 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 Reading repository metadata in from local files primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 814 kB 00:18 Extras : ################################################## 2290/2290 Added 2290 new packages, deleted 0 old in 52.11 seconds primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 343 kB 00:01 updates-re: ################################################## 1010/1010 Added 1010 new packages, deleted 0 old in 30.92 seconds primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 824 kB 00:02 base : ################################################## 2772/2772 Added 2772 new packages, deleted 0 old in 52.70 seconds primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 814 kB 00:00 extras : ################################################## 2290/2290 Added 2290 new packages, deleted 0 old in 52.07 seconds Excluding Packages in global exclude list Finished Parsing package install arguments Resolving Dependencies --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Downloading header for nmh to pack into transaction set. nmh-1.1-10.fc4.i386.rpm 100% |=========================| 21 kB 00:00 ---> Package nmh.i386 0:1.1-10.fc4 set to be updated --> Running transaction check Dependencies Resolved ============================================================================= Package Arch Version Repository Size ============================================================================= Installing: nmh i386 1.1-10.fc4 Extras 1.9 M Transaction Summary ============================================================================= Install 1 Package(s) Update 0 Package(s) Remove 0 Package(s) Total download size: 1.9 M Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: (1/1): nmh-1.1-10.fc4.i38 100% |=========================| 1.9 MB 00:05 Running Transaction Test Finished Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Installing: nmh ######################### [1/1] error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/bin/install-mh;43709782: cpio: link Installed: nmh.i386 0:1.1-10.fc4 Complete! -- Best regards / Mit freundlichen Gruessen Joachim Backes <backes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> University of Kaiserslautern,Computer Center [RHRK], Systems and Operations group, High performance computing and LINUX cluster management. D-67653 Kaiserslautern, PO Box 3049, Germany -------------------------------------------------- Phone: +49-631-205-2438, FAX: +49-631-205-3056 http://hlrwm.rhrk.uni-kl.de/home/staff/backes.html
