yum/rpm update fails with error: unpacking of archive failed on file /abc/xyz: cpio: rename
Issue
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Attempting to update some packages fails with cpio: rename errors, e.g.:
[root ~]# yum update glibc ... Running rpm_check_debug Running Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Updating : glibc-2.12-1.149.el6_6.5.x86_64 1/8 Error unpacking rpm package glibc-2.12-1.149.el6_6.5.x86_64 error: unpacking of archive failed on file /lib64/ld-2.12.so: cpio: rename Updating : glibc-common-2.12-1.149.el6_6.5.x86_64 2/8 Error unpacking rpm package glibc-common-2.12-1.149.el6_6.5.x86_64 error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/bin/catchsegv: cpio: rename Updating : glibc-devel-2.12-1.149.el6_6.5.x86_64 3/8 Error unpacking rpm package glibc-devel-2.12-1.149.el6_6.5.x86_64 error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/lib64/Mcrt1.o: cpio: rename Updating : glibc-2.12-1.149.el6_6.5.i686 4/8 Error unpacking rpm package glibc-2.12-1.149.el6_6.5.i686 error: unpacking of archive failed on file /lib/i686/nosegneg/libc-2.12.so: cpio: rename glibc-2.12-1.132.el6.x86_64 was supposed to be removed but is not! Verifying : glibc-2.12-1.132.el6.x86_64 1/8 glibc-devel-2.12-1.132.el6.x86_64 was supposed to be removed but is not! Verifying : glibc-devel-2.12-1.132.el6.x86_64 2/8 glibc-common-2.12-1.132.el6.x86_64 was supposed to be removed but is not! Verifying : glibc-common-2.12-1.132.el6.x86_64 3/8 glibc-2.12-1.132.el6.i686 was supposed to be removed but is not! Verifying : glibc-2.12-1.132.el6.i686 4/8 Verifying : glibc-devel-2.12-1.149.el6_6.5.x86_64 5/8 Verifying : glibc-common-2.12-1.149.el6_6.5.x86_64 6/8 Verifying : glibc-2.12-1.149.el6_6.5.i686 7/8 Verifying : glibc-2.12-1.149.el6_6.5.x86_64 8/8 Failed: glibc.i686 0:2.12-1.132.el6 glibc.x86_64 0:2.12-1.132.el6 glibc.i686 0:2.12-1.149.el6_6.5 glibc.x86_64 0:2.12-1.149.el6_6.5 glibc-common.x86_64 0:2.12-1.132.el6 glibc-common.x86_64 0:2.12-1.149.el6_6.5 glibc-devel.x86_64 0:2.12-1.132.el6 glibc-devel.x86_64 0:2.12-1.149.el6_6.5
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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