rpm package

[Alan Garrison]

Marcel Kunath wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I was trying to install the python.rpm from SuSE. It simply won't do it. I
> tried rpm -i ftp...., rpm -i python.rpm and I also tried using YaST.
> 
> It always breaks off.
> mail:/usr/src/mailman-2.0beta4 # rpm -U python.rpm
> unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/lib/python: cpio: unlink failed - Bad
> file descriptor
> 
> I can of course compile it myself I just want to know why it doesn't work
> though. I am also wondering if this is packet specific.
> 
> I tried the 6.4 python package and then the 6.4 python package (updated 1.5.2)
> it happens on both of them.
> 
> I can install remove other packages fine.
> 
> It also says this:
> 
> mail:/usr/src/mailman-2.0beta4 # rpm --rcfile pyt*
> missing ':' (found 0x00) at python.rpm:1
> mail:/usr/src/mailman-2.0beta4 # rpm -i --test pyt*
> mail:/usr/src/mailman-2.0beta4 # rpm -K pyt*
> python.rpm: md5 OK

Are you sure the RPM file isn't corrupt?  When installing 
via rpm, I always use "rpm -ivh ..." instead of just 
"rpm -i ...".  

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