New subject: [Bug 838039] zypper does not present a good reason if RPM installation fails

2 Sep 2013


      https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=838039
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=838039#c0
Summary: zypper does not present a good reason if RPM
                    installation fails
    Classification: openSUSE
           Product: openSUSE Factory
           Version: 13.1 Milestone 4
          Platform: x86-64
        OS/Version: Other
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P5 - None
         Component: libzypp
        AssignedTo: zypp-maintainers@forge.provo.novell.com
        ReportedBy: ptesarik@suse.com
         QAContact: qa-bugs@suse.de
          Found By: L3
           Blocker: ---
Additional output of a failed "rpm" process is not presented to the user (at
least) when running "zypper in". Instead, it says: "Installation aborted by
user":
hananiah:~ # zypper in ImageMagick
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
Resolving package dependencies...
The following NEW package is going to be installed:
  ImageMagick
1 new package to install.
Overall download size: 4.0 MiB. After the operation, additional 8.3 MiB will be
used.
Continue? [y/n/?] (y): 
(1/1) Installing: ImageMagick-6.8.6.7-1.3
...........................................................................................<100%>[/]
Problem occured during or after installation or removal of packages:
Installation aborted by user
Please see the above error message for a hint.
The true reason is that "rpm -i" fails:
hananiah:~ # rpm -i
/var/cache/zypp/packages/repo-oss/suse/x86_64/ImageMagick-6.8.6.7-1.3.x86_64.rpm
error: unpacking of archive failed on file
/usr/share/doc/packages/ImageMagick/www/api/MagickCore/exception_8h.html;52247155:
cpio: link
error: ImageMagick-6.8.6.7-1.3.x86_64: install failed
This is a regression from a previous version, which said:
Installation of ImageMagick-6.8.6.7-1.2 failed:
(with --nodeps --force) Error: Subprocess failed. Error: RPM failed: error:
unpacking of archive failed on file
/usr/share/doc/packages/ImageMagick/www/api/MagickCore/exception_8h.html;521386cc:
cpio: link
error: ImageMagick-6.8.6.7-1.2.x86_64: install failed
Although still not ideal, the previous behaviour was much easier to debug.
See bnc 835695 if you wonder why installation fails in the first place.
Additional Info:
hananiah:~ # rpm -q zypper libzypp
zypper-1.9.1-1.1.x86_64
libzypp-13.5.0-1.1.x86_64
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[Bug 838039] New: zypper does not present a good reason if RPM installation fails