On Tue, 2005-11-08 at 12:52 +0000, Paul Howarth wrote: > Joachim Backes wrote: > > On Tue, 2005-11-08 at 12:30 +0000, Paul Howarth wrote: > > > >>Joachim Backes wrote: > >> > >>>tank you for your answer, but did not help (see error msg below): nmh > >>>was installed, but with error: > >> > >>... > >> > >> > >>>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! > >> > >>Please post the output of: > >> > >>$ rpm -qlv nmh | grep bin > >>$ ls -ld /usr/bin/install* > >> > > > > > > root@xxxxx [~]: rpm -qlv nmh | grep bin > > root@xxxxx [~]: ls -ld /usr/bin/install* > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 61840 Jul 25 17:39 /usr/bin/install > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4374 Sep 22 2004 /usr/bin/install-catalog > > Do you have /usr/bin and /usr/lib/nmh on different partitions? > > $ df /usr/bin /usr/lib/nmhdf /usr/bin /usr/lib/nmh Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda1 2016016 699924 1213680 37% / /dev/sda5 6546356 2158196 4055620 35% /disk2 > > The package has /usr/bin/install-mh & /usr/lib/nmh/install-mh hardlinked > to each other, which won't work if the directories are on different > partitions. > > This is arguably a packaging error, though very few people would come > across it. > > Paul. > -- 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
