[FC4] RPM doesn't work after upgrade with odd error message

Gilbert Sebenste sebenste at weather3.admin.niu.edu
Fri Mar 31 18:15:45 UTC 2006


On Fri, 31 Mar 2006, Paul Howarth wrote:

> Does "strings /lib/libselinux.so.1 | grep matchpath" produce this output?
>
> matchpathcon_init
> set_matchpathcon_printf
> set_matchpathcon_invalidcon
> set_matchpathcon_flags
> matchpathcon_filespec_eval
> matchpathcon_filespec_destroy
> matchpathcon_checkmatches
> matchpathcon_filespec_add
> matchpathcon_index
> matchpathcon
> matchpathcon_filespec_eval
> matchpathcon_filespec_add

Yes it does, exactly as above.

>> Also, on one of my machines, rpm-build won't update:
>> 
>> Updating:
>>  rpm-build               i386       4.4.1-23         updates-released  515 
>> k
>> 
>> Transaction Summary
>> ============================================================================= 
>> Install      0 Package(s)
>> Update       1 Package(s)
>> Remove       0 Package(s)
>> Total download size: 515 k
>> Is this ok [y/N]: y
>> Downloading Packages:
>> Running Transaction Test
>> Finished Transaction Test
>> Transaction Test Succeeded
>> Running Transaction
>>   Updating  : rpm-build                    ######################### [1/2]
>> error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/src/redhat: cpio: mkdir
>> 
>> Updated: rpm-build.i386 0:4.4.1-23
>> Complete!
>> 
>> -----
>> Hmmmm...
>
> Let me guess, you have a /usr/src/redhat that's a symlink or something else 
> that isn't a directory...

Actually, that directory somehow got deleted. I re-made it, and it worked. 
Thanks for the heads up.

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