Error message during "yum update"
Paul Howarth
paul at city-fan.org
Tue Nov 8 12:10:14 UTC 2005
Joachim Backes wrote:
> 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
The usual cause of this sort of thing is when a new version of a package
includes a file/directory/symlink at some location (/usr/bin/install-mh
in this case) and the thing already at that location (perhaps in an
older version of the package) is of a different type, e.g. a directory
instead of a file.
Try removing the nmh package and then reinstalling it using yum.
Paul.
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