On 08/21/2011 06:15 PM, Mark Hittinger wrote: > > Hey guys > > Running Transaction > Updating : 4:perl-libs-5.12.4-160.fc15.i686 1/4 > Error unpacking rpm package 4:perl-libs-5.12.4-160.fc15.i686 > error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/local/lib/perl5: cpio: mkdir > Updating : 4:perl-5.12.4-160.fc15.i686 2/4 > Error unpacking rpm package 4:perl-5.12.4-160.fc15.i686 > error: perl-libs-4:5.12.4-160.fc15.i686: install failed > error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/local/share/perl5: cpio: mkdir > 4:perl-5.12.4-159.fc15.i686 was supposed to be removed but is not! > 4:perl-libs-5.12.4-159.fc15.i686 was supposed to be removed but is not! > > perl-lib attempts to extract something into /usr/local > > this is probably the wrong spot for it > > some systems will have /usr/local nfs mounted read only so the perl install > will complain. You'll want to tell rpm about read-only NFS-mounts, eg: # echo "%_netsharedpath /usr/local" > /etc/rpm/macros.nfs That works with pretty much every ancient rpm version. Alternatively, rpm >= 4.9.1 currently in F15 updates-testing should deal with this kind of situation transparently unless you've changed the permissions on the affected directories. - Panu - -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
