Antony Suter wrote:
> Udo Weber wrote:
> >
> > Michael Irving wrote:
> >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Udo Weber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Monday, September 04, 2000 2:34 PM
> > > Subject: [Cooker] initscript update problem
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > > if I try to update the initscript-rpm I get following errors:
> > > >
> > > > [root@mumpel RPMS]# rpm -Fvh initscripts-5.27-12mdk.i586.rpm
> > > > warning: /etc/X11/prefdm created as /etc/X11/prefdm.rpmnew
> > > > initscripts ######unpacking of archive failed on file
> > > > /etc/init.
> > > > d: cpio: unlink
> > > >
> > > > the same for the newest:
> > > > [root@mumpel RPMS]# rpm -Fvh initscripts-5.27-15mdk.i586.rpm
> > > > warning: /etc/X11/prefdm created as /etc/X11/prefdm.rpmnew
> > > > initscripts ######unpacking of archive failed on file
> > > > /etc/init.
> > > > d: cpio: unlink
> > > >
> > > > No way to install !
> > > > What is wrong here ? How can I install/update this ?
> > > >
> > > rpm -e harddrake
> > > rpm -Uvh initscripts*
> > > rpm -Uvh harddrake*
> > >
> > > That solved the problem for me
> >
> > Hi,
> > thanks for this hint but this did not help.
> > I got still the same result when I try rpm -Uvh initscripts* .
> > after rpm -e harddrake
> >
> > [root@mumpel RPMS]# rpm -Uvh initscripts-5.27-15mdk.i586.rpm
> > warning: /etc/X11/prefdm created as /etc/X11/prefdm.rpmnew
> > initscripts ######unpacking of archive failed on file
> > /etc/init.
> > d: cpio: unlink
> >
> > There are any other hints or help ?
>
> Yes. I had this problem, because I had a directory "/etc/init.d".
> I deleted the directory which contained nothing, and then installed
> initscripts. initscripts then made a symbolic link
> from /etc/init.d to /etc/rc.d/init.d
>
> --
> - Antony Suter ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) "Examiner" openpgp:71ADFC87
> - "And how do you store the nuclear equivalent of the universal solvent?"
Thanks a lot, it works now.
Udo
