* Colin Guthrie ([email protected]) wrote: > 'Twas brillig, and Shlomi Fish at 22/07/12 17:51 did gyre and gimble: > > Hi all, > > > > On Sun, 22 Jul 2012 19:46:58 +0300 > > Shlomi Fish <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Hi Colin, > >> > >> [QUOTE] > >> installing findutils-4.5.10-2.mga3.x86_64.rpm > >> lib64plymouth2-0.8.6.1-2.mga3.x86_64.rpm > >> filesystem-2.1.9-18.mga3.x86_64.rpm > >> lib64ncursesw-devel-5.9-7.mga3.x86_64.rpm > >> plymouth-plugin-script-0.8.6.1-2.mga3.x86_64.rpm > >> lib64ncurses5-5.9-7.mga3.x86_64.rpm ncurses-5.9-7.mga3.x86_64.rpm > >> plymouth-plugin-label-0.8.6.1-2.mga3.x86_64.rpm > >> lib64dbjava5.1-5.1.29-4.mga3.x86_64.rpm > >> lib64ncursesw5-5.9-7.mga3.x86_64.rpm > >> lib64ncurses-devel-5.9-7.mga3.x86_64.rpm from /var/cache/urpmi/rpms > >> Preparing... > >> ############################################# > >> 1/69: filesystem > >> ############################################# > >> error: unpacking of archive failed on file /var/lock: cpio: rename failed > >> - Is a directory > >> error: filesystem-2.1.9-18.mga3.x86_64: install failed > >> 2/69: ncurses > >> ############################################# > >> 3/69: lib64ncurses5 > >> ############################################# > >> 4/69: lib64plymouth2 > >> ############################################# > >> 5/69: plymouth-plugin-label > >> ############################################# > >> 6/69: lib64ncursesw5 > >> ############################################# > >> 7/69: lib64ncursesw-devel > >> ############################################# > >> 8/69: plymouth-plugin-script > >> > >> ############################################# > >> 9/69: lib64ncurses-devel > >> ############################################# > >> 10/69: findutils > >> ############################################# > >> 11/69: lib64dbjava5.1 > >> ############################################# > >> [/QUOTE] > >> > >> And the rest of the packages refuse to install. > > > > OK, I figured out. After I ran as root: > > > > # cd /var > > # mv lock lock.ol > > # mv run run.old > > > > It was fixed and I was able to install the "filesystem" package and the rest > > of the packages. However, something like that should not happen. > > > Well, this should have been done for you. Did you already have > run.runmove~ and lock.lockmove~ folders in /var? > > If so then I suspect something is killing the symlinks.
Is it normal that in the same time filesystem package provide
/usr/{lib,bin} etc as directory whereas the pre script transform it as
symlink (according
http://sophie.zarb.org/rpms/696f0450c6b9baa8dcf088602f19c810/files).
For me they must be symlinks in the filesystem rpm.
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