Error message during "yum update"

Joachim Backes backes at rhrk.uni-kl.de
Tue Nov 8 11:59:38 UTC 2005


Hi,

during "yum update" (FC4) I get the following error message:

Running Transaction
  Updating  : openldap                     #######################
[ 1/20]
  Updating  : libungif                     #######################
[ 2/20]
  Updating  : wireless-tools               #######################
[ 3/20]
  Updating  : tar                          #######################
[ 4/20]
  Updating  : nmh                          #######################
[ 5/20]
error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/bin/install-mh;437091d9:
cpio: link
  Updating  : openldap-devel               #######################
[ 6/20]
  Updating  : libungif-devel               #######################
[ 7/20]
  Updating  : gv                           #######################
[ 8/20]
  Updating  : cpio                         #######################
[ 9/20]
  Updating  : openldap-clients             #######################
[10/20]
  Cleanup   : tar                          #######################
[11/20]
  Cleanup   : wireless-tools               #######################
[12/20]
  Cleanup   : openldap-devel               #######################
[13/20]
  Cleanup   : libungif-devel               #######################
[14/20]
  Cleanup   : gv                           #######################
[15/20]
  Cleanup   : cpio                         #######################
[16/20]
  Cleanup   : openldap-clients             #######################
[17/20]
  Cleanup   : libungif                     #######################
[18/20]
  Cleanup   : openldap                     #######################
[19/20]

could somebody tell me a reson for this?

MY /etc/yum.conf:
=================

[main]
cachedir=/var/cache/yum
debuglevel=2
logfile=/var/log/yum.log
pkgpolicy=newest
distroverpkg=redhat-release
tolerant=1
exactarch=1
retries=20
obsoletes=1
gpgcheck=1
exclude=kernel* tetex*

# PUT YOUR REPOS HERE OR IN separate files named file.repo
# in /etc/yum.repos.d

[Extras]
name=Fedora Extras
baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/$releasever/$basearch/

-- 
Best regards / Mit freundlichen Gruessen

Joachim Backes <backes at rhrk.uni-kl.de>
University of Kaiserslautern,Computer Center [RHRK],
Systems and Operations group,
High performance computing and LINUX cluster management.

D-67653 Kaiserslautern, PO Box 3049, Germany
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