Yum/Up2date Problem

[bob]

Since yesterday, on my FC3 box both Yum and Up2date complain that my libpng-devel.i386 need to be updated but fail with the following error:

Resolving Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package libpng-devel.i386 2:1.2.8-1.fc3 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check

Dependencies Resolved
Transaction Listing:
Update: libpng-devel.i386 2:1.2.8-1.fc3
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Updating: libpng-devel 100 % done 1/2
error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/include/libpng: cpio: rename

Updated: libpng-devel.i386 2:1.2.8-1.fc3
Complete!

So, is the simple solution to rename libpng-devel.i386 to libpng-devel-bad.i386 or is something more needed here?


Edit: Ahhhh... the bliss of having three ways to update! Tried Synaptic and it resolved the whole thing.

[dsuchter]

I ran into this same error recently on my Fedora 7 box while trying to update Cacti:

[root@host ~]# yum update
Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * fedora: mirrors.kernel.org
 * updates: mirrors.kernel.org
fedora                    100% |=========================| 2.1 kB    00:00
updates                   100% |=========================| 2.3 kB    00:00
Setting up Update Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package cacti.noarch 0:0.8.7b-1.fc7 set to be updated
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

=============================================================================
 Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size
=============================================================================
Updating:
 cacti                   noarch     0.8.7b-1.fc7     updates           1.9 M

Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install      0 Package(s)
Update       1 Package(s)
Remove       0 Package(s)

Total download size: 1.9 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/1): cacti-0.8.7b-1.fc7 100% |=========================| 1.9 MB    00:01
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
  Updating  : cacti                        ######################### [1/2]
Error unpacking rpm package cacti - 0.8.7b-1.fc7.noarch
warning: /etc/cacti/db.php created as /etc/cacti/db.php.rpmnew
error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/share/cacti/log: cpio: rename

Updated: cacti.noarch 0:0.8.7b-1.fc7
Complete!
[root@host ~]# uname -a
Linux host 2.6.23.17-88.fc7 #1 SMP Thu May 15 00:35:10 EDT 2008 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
[root@host ~]# uptime
 12:36:59 up 3 min,  1 user,  load average: 2.26, 1.74, 0.73
[root@host ~]#

I believe this is a permissions issue where cpio can't do the backingup/replacing it needs to for some reason. This probably came about in my case because I manually installed the Cacti RPM, but am updating it with YUM. The solution was to manually move the directory it couldn't backup out of the way, e.g.:

mv /usr/share/cacti/log /usr/share/cacti/log-manual-backup

[Dan]

Hmmmmm.

This thread is several years old.

Probably best to start a newer one.


Thread closed.

[bob]

Oh sure. I finally get an answer after 4 years and you go and close the thread. Thanks!