Error unpacking rpm package setup-2.8.71-11.el7.noarch

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • Yum update fails with the following message:
Running transaction
  Updating   : setup-2.8.71-11.el7.noarch                                                                                                                                                                                                             1/2 
Error unpacking rpm package setup-2.8.71-11.el7.noarch
error: unpacking of archive failed on file /etc/shadow.rpmnew: cpio: rename
  Verifying  : setup-2.8.71-11.el7.noarch                                                                                                                                                                                                             1/2 
setup-2.8.71-10.el7.noarch was supposed to be removed but is not!
  Verifying  : setup-2.8.71-10.el7.noarch                                                                                                                                                                                                             2/2 

Failed:
  setup.noarch 0:2.8.71-10.el7                                                                                                setup.noarch 0:2.8.71-11.el7          

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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