[issue212] wrong error message on rpm -U cpio failure

[Jeff Johnson]

On Sep 12, 2006, at 6:25 PM, Pascal Bleser at Labix Tracker wrote:

>
> New submission from Pascal Bleser <guru at unixtech.be>:
>
> When upgrading a package to another version with a directory being  
> changed into
> a symlink, rpm -U reports the following:
> error: unpacking of archive failed on file /opt/kde3/share/apps/ 
> celestia: cpio:
> rename failed - Is a directory
>
> But when upgrading with smart, it gives the following message:
> error: unpacking of archive failed on file /opt/kde3/share/apps/ 
> celestia: cpio:
> rename failed - Resource temporarily unavailable
> (which is not very helpful)
>

Either way its a packaging error ;-)

But yes, smart could be more helpful.

What really needs doing is to permit replacing a directory
with a symlink, all the pieces have been in place to do so
for quite some timew, implemented by Gustavo in fact.

73 de Jeff