can't upgrade filesystem-3.2-32.fc23.x86_64

[Michael Schwendt]

On Mon, 14 Dec 2015 17:03:49 +0100, arnaud gaboury wrote:

> > # rpm -Uvh https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org//packages/filesystem/3.2/35.fc23/x86_64/filesystem-3.2-35.fc23.x86_64.rpm
> > Retrieving https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org//packages/filesystem/3.2/35.fc23/x86_64/filesystem-3.2-35.fc23.x86_64.rpm
> > Preparing...                          ################################# [100%]
> > Updating / installing...
> >    1:filesystem-3.2-35.fc23           ################################# [ 50%]
> > error: unpacking of archive failed on file /sys: cpio: chmod
> > error: filesystem-3.2-35.fc23.x86_64: install failed
> > error: filesystem-3.2-32.fc22.x86_64: erase skipped

And /sys of your installation is a directory or a symlink? It needs to be
a directory to match the "filesystem" package contents.

Any other package can break in similar ways, if replacing a dir with a
symlink, or vice versa.