Thunderbird update problem

[Mark Haney]

Wow, it must be my time for problems with Tbird.  I'm trying to update 
to the latest version (2.0.0.14-1) in yum but when I do I get this:

Running Transaction
  Updating       : thunderbird                                       [1/2]
Error unpacking rpm package thunderbird-2.0.0.14-1.fc9.i386
error: unpacking of archive failed on file 
/usr/lib/thunderbird-2.0.0.14/dictionaries: cpio: rename

Updated: thunderbird.i386 0:2.0.0.14-1.fc9
Complete!

I've tried 'yum clean all', but that doesn't seem to help.  What's
going 
on here?

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Mark Haney
Sr. Systems Administrator
ERC Broadband
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[Mark Haney]

Rahul Sundaram wrote:
>  RPM doesn't allow a file to replace a directory.
>
>  # yum reinstall thunderbird
>
>  Should fix the issue.
>
>  Rahul
>  
Okay, tried that. I get this:

[root@sulla ~]# yum reinstall thunderbird
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
Setting up Reinstall Process
Error: No package(s) available to install


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Sr. Systems Administrator
ERC Broadband
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Thunderbird update problem - SOLVED

[Mark Haney]

Craig White wrote:
>  On Sun, 2008-06-29 at 07:35 -0400, Mark Haney wrote:
> > Wow, it must be my time for problems with Tbird.  I'm trying to update 
> > to the latest version (2.0.0.14-1) in yum but when I do I get this:
> >
> > Running Transaction
> >   Updating       : thunderbird                                       [1/2]
> > Error unpacking rpm package thunderbird-2.0.0.14-1.fc9.i386
> > error: unpacking of archive failed on file 
> > /usr/lib/thunderbird-2.0.0.14/dictionaries: cpio: rename
> >
> > Updated: thunderbird.i386 0:2.0.0.14-1.fc9
> > Complete!
> >
> > I've tried 'yum clean all', but that doesn't seem to help. 
> What's going 
> > on here?
>  ----
>  I recall reading somewhere in the release notes (but I can't find it
>  now)...
>  
>  upgrade to F9 will not upgrade thunderbird
>  
>  rpm -e thunderbird
>  yum install thunderbird 
>  
>  fixes that
>  
>  Craig
>  
>  
>   
Yep.  Sure did.  Thanks.



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Mark Haney
Sr. Systems Administrator
ERC Broadband
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[Craig White]

On Sun, 2008-06-29 at 07:35 -0400, Mark Haney wrote:
>  Wow, it must be my time for problems with Tbird.  I'm trying to
> update 
>  to the latest version (2.0.0.14-1) in yum but when I do I get this:
>  
>  Running Transaction
>    Updating       : thunderbird                                       [1/2]
>  Error unpacking rpm package thunderbird-2.0.0.14-1.fc9.i386
>  error: unpacking of archive failed on file 
>  /usr/lib/thunderbird-2.0.0.14/dictionaries: cpio: rename
>  
>  Updated: thunderbird.i386 0:2.0.0.14-1.fc9
>  Complete!
>  
>  I've tried 'yum clean all', but that doesn't seem to help.  What's
> going 
>  on here? 
----
I recall reading somewhere in the release notes (but I can't find it
now)...

upgrade to F9 will not upgrade thunderbird

rpm -e thunderbird
yum install thunderbird 

fixes that

Craig

[Rahul Sundaram]

Mark Haney wrote:
>  Wow, it must be my time for problems with Tbird.  I'm trying to
> update 
>  to the latest version (2.0.0.14-1) in yum but when I do I get this:
>  
>  Running Transaction
>   Updating       : thunderbird                                       [1/2]
>  Error unpacking rpm package thunderbird-2.0.0.14-1.fc9.i386
>  error: unpacking of archive failed on file 
>  /usr/lib/thunderbird-2.0.0.14/dictionaries: cpio: rename
>  
>  Updated: thunderbird.i386 0:2.0.0.14-1.fc9
>  Complete!
>  
>  I've tried 'yum clean all', but that doesn't seem to help.  What's
> going 
>  on here? 
RPM doesn't allow a file to replace a directory.

# yum reinstall thunderbird

Should fix the issue.

Rahul