On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 07:28:03PM +0100, bitlord wrote: > On Thu, 19 Feb 2015 17:50:12 +0100 > Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > 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: [...chomp...chomp...chomp...] > > 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. Done: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1194424 > > 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/+? This is a ~1 yr old Thinkpad, I haven't really seen any issues during this time. I'll do the memtest check anyway, just in case. Any ideas so that I can replicate the cpio problem consistently and investigate would be nice. Cheers, -- 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
