Hello again,
On Mon, Feb 09, 2015 at 10:57:36AM +0100, Suvayu Ali wrote:
>
> While updating today, cpio failed on me randomly, twice! I see errors
> like this:
>
> Scriptlet output:
> 1 error: unpacking of archive failed on file
> /usr/share/doc/ffmpeg/COPYING.LGPLv3;54d881f2: cpio: open
> 2 error: ffmpeg-2.4.6-2.fc21.x86_64: install failed
>
> Scriptlet output:
> 1 error: unpacking of archive failed on file
> /usr/src/kernels/3.18.5-201.fc21.x86_64/arch/arm/mach-mv78xx0/Kconfig;54d8814e:
> cpio: open
> 2 error: kernel-devel-3.18.5-201.fc21.x86_64: install failed
>
> When I tried updating those two packages again, they succeeded. I am
> wondering if there is a problem that needs fixing, or is this just
> chance.
I'm seeing this more and more often. Is something wrong with my system?
How do I debug this? Increasing the verbosity of dnf does no good.
Here is a sample output:
$ sudo dnf update xscreensaver\*
Dependencies resolved.
===================================================================================================================================
Package Arch Version
Repository Size
===================================================================================================================================
Upgrading:
xscreensaver-base x86_64 1:5.32-7.fc21
updates 424 k
xscreensaver-extras x86_64 1:5.32-7.fc21
updates 1.7 M
Transaction Summary
===================================================================================================================================
Upgrade 2 Packages
Total download size: 2.1 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/2): xscreensaver-base-5.32-7.fc21.x86_64.rpm
12 MB/s | 424 kB 00:00
(2/2): xscreensaver-extras-5.32-7.fc21.x86_64.rpm
30 MB/s | 1.7 MB 00:00
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total
1.2 MB/s | 2.1 MB 00:01
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
Upgrading : xscreensaver-base-1:5.32-7.fc21.x86_64
1/4
Error unpacking rpm package xscreensaver-base-1:5.32-7.fc21.x86_64
error: unpacking of archive failed on file
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/xscreensaver.mo;54e611cb: cpio: open
Upgrading : xscreensaver-extras-1:5.32-7.fc21.x86_64
2/4
Error unpacking rpm package xscreensaver-extras-1:5.32-7.fc21.x86_64
error: xscreensaver-base-1:5.32-7.fc21.x86_64: install failed
error: unpacking of archive failed on file
/usr/libexec/xscreensaver/bsod;54e611cb: cpio: open
xscreensaver-base-1:5.32-7.fc21.x86_64 was supposed to be installed but is not!
Verifying : xscreensaver-base-1:5.32-7.fc21.x86_64
1/4
xscreensaver-extras-1:5.32-7.fc21.x86_64 was supposed to be installed but is
not!
Verifying : xscreensaver-extras-1:5.32-7.fc21.x86_64
2/4
xscreensaver-base-1:5.32-4.fc21.x86_64 was supposed to be removed but is not!
Verifying : xscreensaver-base-1:5.32-4.fc21.x86_64
3/4
xscreensaver-extras-1:5.32-4.fc21.x86_64 was supposed to be removed but is not!
Verifying : xscreensaver-extras-1:5.32-4.fc21.x86_64
4/4
Upgraded:
xscreensaver-base.x86_64 1:5.32-7.fc21
xscreensaver-extras.x86_64 1:5.32-7.fc21
Complete!
I don't know why cpio is failing, but dnf should not be completing with
a success. It even reports it successfully upgraded the packages!
Any thoughts?
--
Suvayu
Open source is the future. It sets us free.
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