unpacking problem

Sverre Sørensen yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Tue, 20 Aug 2002 17:51:55 +0200


>On Monday 19 August 2002 11:27, Sverre Sørensen wrote:
>>  Does anyone know a way to check the packages, I tried --verify but it
>>  just said that the packeage where not installed.
>
>rpm --checksig --nogpg packageName

It says that the package are ok. but when I install it I get:
  glibc-common           error: unpacking of archive failed on file 
/usr/share/zoneinfo/right/Pacific/Pitcairn: cpio: link failed - Bad 
address

>
>may be you could also rebuild rpm's db :
>
>rpm --rebuilddb

Yes, I did.

Any ideas?

Sverre :)


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