[rhelv6-list] yum problems - perl

[Olle Eriksson]

Root needs write permissions to /usr/local that it might not have if 
/usr/local is NFS-mounted

-olle


On 05/24/2011 11:04 AM, Iain Morrison wrote:
> 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
>
>
>