rpm unpack error installing the package: dev-3.3.12-1

[Robert C Paulsen Jr]

On Sat, 2004-05-15 at 05:55, Robert C Paulsen Jr wrote:
> Installing the dev package via up2date gives me the following error:
> 
> 	There was a fatal RPM install error. The message was:
> 	There was a rpm unpack error  installing the package: dev-3.3.12-1
> 
> Running this manually shows the following:
> 
> =========================================================================
> # rpm -ivh dev-3.3.12-1.i386.rpm
> Preparing...               ########################################### [100%]
>     1:dev                    ########################################### [100%]
> error: unpacking of archive failed on file /dev/snd/controlC0;40a5f4fa: cpio: mknod failed - No such file or directory
> =========================================================================
> 

Well, I see that /dev/snd/controlC0 is a soft link instead of an actual
device file. It points to /proc/asound/dev/controlC0. Perhaps that's a
useful clue.

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Robert C. Paulsen, Jr.
robert at paulsenonline.net