On Thu, 19 Feb 2015 17:50:12 +0100 Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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! That probably need to be reported as a bug. > Any thoughts? > I don't have any solutions for your problem, but do you have any other strange issues with your system, crashes ...? Package checksums should be verified before updating, so download is "ok". Maybe you can run memtest86/+? -- 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
