'up2date' OR 'yum --security update' throws "error: unpacking of archive failed on file /etc/httpd/logs: cpio: rename" error

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • up2date OR yum --security update command throwing following error during updating system:

    Installing... 
   1:httpd                  warning: /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf created as /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf.rpmnew 
########################################### [100%] 
error: unpacking of archive failed on file /etc/httpd/logs: cpio: rename 
There was a fatal RPM install error. The message was: 
There was a rpm unpack error installing the package: httpd-2.0.52-41.ent.6

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux(RHEL) 4 / 5

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