Firefox install-problem

[James Wilkinson]

Heinz Diehl wrote:
> Firefox, built from .srpm from F17-updates repository, fails to install:
> This is the error-message which shows up:
> 
> "Unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/lib64/firefox/firefox;501bceec: cpio: Digest mismatch"
> 
> The package is original Fedora and not altered in any way. Extracted
> it, ran "rpmbuild -bb" on the .spec file, and the built was ok.
> 
> Does anybody know what's the cause or where to look?

Even though the build was OK, you still might want to do a memtest of
your system. (You can do that from Fedora live media, if you have any:
it’s an option on the boot menu. You can probably do it from a normal
Fedora install DVD, but I don’t have one around to check at the moment.)

James.
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