[rhelv6-list] yum problems - perl

[Iain Morrison]

We have a couple of test RHEL 6 systems. One successfully updated to
6.1, but on the other perl fails to update.

Any idea what might be wrong/what I can do to fix this?

thanks

iain

# /usr/bin/yum -y update
Loaded plugins: aliases, changelog, downloadonly, kabi, presto,
refresh-packagekit, rhnplugin, security, tmprepo,
              : verify, versionlock
Loading support for Red Hat kernel ABI
Setting up Update Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package perl.x86_64 4:5.10.1-115.el6 will be updated
---> Package perl.x86_64 4:5.10.1-119.el6 will be an update
---> Package perl-libs.x86_64 4:5.10.1-115.el6 will be updated
---> Package perl-libs.x86_64 4:5.10.1-119.el6 will be an update
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

========================================================================
==========================================
 Package                Arch                Version
Repository                         Si
========================================================================
==========================================
Updating:
 perl                   x86_64              4:5.10.1-119.el6
rhel-x86_64-server-6               10
 perl-libs              x86_64              4:5.10.1-119.el6
rhel-x86_64-server-6              577

Transaction Summary
========================================================================
==========================================
Upgrade       2 Package(s)

Total download size: 11 M
Downloading Packages:
Setting up and reading Presto delta metadata
Processing delta metadata
Package(s) data still to download: 11 M
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------
Total
4.5 MB/s |  11 MB     00:02
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
  Updating   : 4:perl-libs-5.10.1-119.el6.x86_64
1
Error unpacking rpm package 4:perl-libs-5.10.1-119.el6.x86_64
error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/local/lib64/perl5: cpio:
chown
  Updating   : 4:perl-5.10.1-119.el6.x86_64
2
Error unpacking rpm package 4:perl-5.10.1-119.el6.x86_64
error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/local/share/perl5: cpio:
chown
4:perl-5.10.1-115.el6.x86_64 was supposed to be removed but is not!
4:perl-libs-5.10.1-115.el6.x86_64 was supposed to be removed but is not!

Failed:
  perl.x86_64 4:5.10.1-119.el6
perl-libs.x86_64 4:5.10.1-119.el6



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