Encounter "error: unpacking of archive failed on file cpio: rename" when running a package update.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • A yum update fails with cpio: rename error:
error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/lib/jvm-exports/java-1.5.0-ibm.x86_64: cpio: rename

Failed:
  java-1.5.0-ibm-devel.x86_64 1:1.5.0.16.0-1jpp.1.el5_9

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • yum

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