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. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
