On Tue, 2005-11-08 at 13:05 +0000, Paul Howarth wrote: > Joachim Backes wrote: > > 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 > > There you have it; different partitions. You've clearly done some > symlinking there, probably to put /usr/lib under /disk2 (if only you'd > used LVM, which removes the need for such tricks...). Try putting in > another symlink for /usr/lib/nmh to put it back on the first disk: > > # mkdir -p /usr/lib/nmh /backlinks > # mv /usr/lib/nmh /backlinks/usr-lib-nmh > # ln -s /backlinks/usr-lib-nmh /usr/lib/nmh This was it: ls -l /usr/lib lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Aug 24 14:34 /usr/lib -> /disk2/USRLIB I made this for a lack of disk space. Applying your advice with backlinking solved my problem. Thanxs. > > Then try reinstalling nmh. > > 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
