Dominique Leuenberger wrote:

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Dave Plater <davejplater@gmail.com> 03/31/08 11:57 AM >>> Hi, I just tried to update OpenOffice from factory and (fortunately before downloading the real big files) every file, so far, fails with the rpm error :- "unpacking of archive failed: cpio: Bad magic" Anybody else know how many corrupt files are in the factory repo or if anybody is aware of this problem yet.

The issue is that the payload in RPM is no longer bzip2 compressed. So the rpm executable you have on your workstation is not able to deal with the new .rpm files.

Updating rpm package should help you get over it.

Dominique

I had version 4.4.2-144 installed prior to updating to 4.4.2-182 thats not a serious volume change. They should ensure a dependency change in the affected rpms anyway. Dave -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Dominique Leuenberger wrote:

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Dave Plater <davejplater@gmail.com> 03/31/08 11:57 AM >>> Hi, I just tried to update OpenOffice from factory and (fortunately before downloading the real big files) every file, so far, fails with

Dave Plater <davejplater@gmail.com> 03/31/08 1:20 PM >>> Dominique Leuenberger wrote: the rpm error :- "unpacking of archive failed: cpio: Bad magic" Anybody else know how many corrupt files are in the factory repo or if anybody is aware of this problem yet. The issue is that the payload in RPM is no longer bzip2 compressed. So the rpm executable you have on your workstation is not able to deal with the new .rpm files.

Updating rpm package should help you get over it.

Dominique

I had version 4.4.2-144 installed prior to updating to 4.4.2-182 thats not a serious volume change. They should ensure a dependency change in the affected rpms anyway.

either that or people should try to understand what Factory is for...

I know what Factory is and I am trying to determine whether this is a bug or not. Dave -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Carlos E. R. wrote:

The Monday 2008-03-31 at 12:45 +0200, Dave Plater wrote:

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either that or people should try to understand what Factory is for...

I know what Factory is and I am trying to determine whether this is a bug or not.

Maybe you don't, because you are asking here >:-)

Why don't you ask in the factory list? Some developpers and packagers and factory users and knowledgeable people lurk there, and will be happy to help you. They probably had that issue and know what is about.

In fact, the warning about the rpm change came out last week...

-- Cheers, Carlos E. R.

I never realized there was a separate list I've just subscribed. I still think the rpms should have their dependencies updated to the correct rpm version when built. Dave -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Carlos E. R. wrote:

The Monday 2008-03-31 at 13:42 +0200, Dave Plater wrote:

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I never realized there was a separate list I've just subscribed. I still think the rpms should have their dependencies updated to the correct rpm version when built.

I think they are done correctly, but the server are being continuously updated with new packages and you may catch a non correct structure now and then. They have an schedule, I "think" it is best to upgrade during the weekend. I think, maybe someone knows better.

And read the warnings in the factory list before doing the update.

-- Cheers, Carlos E. R.

I just downgraded to rpm-4.4.2-144 and reproduced the problem, I did notice zypper wanted to remove rpm this time though. I then reinstalled rpm-4.4.2-182 and no problem. I think the problem is the rpms themselves only contain the version 4.4.2 and not the build numbers. Dave -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Peter J. P-N wrote:

Dave Plater schrieb:

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I know what Factory is and I am trying to determine whether this is a bug or not.

Understandable! But why here? There is a dedicated list for factory: opensuse-factory@opensuse.org

Btw, it was really fun to read some questions about k(tm)ernel on the opensuse kde mailing list....

I wont forget the reponse: "You're aware that the kernel is - even though it starts with a K - not a KDE application?" ;-P

Checking this page might prove usefully before starting a new thread: http://en.opensuse.org/Communicate/Mailinglists

Cheers Pete

Thanks, I've subscribed, maybe I can get yast up and running again, all my hardware related yast programs have been broken for a couple of weeks. Still it's a fantastic learning curve doing without, its so much easier to edit resolv.conf to change nameservers than using yast. Dave -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Dave Plater wrote:

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Hi, I just tried to update OpenOffice from factory and (fortunately before downloading the real big files) every file, so far, fails with the rpm error :- "unpacking of archive failed: cpio: Bad magic" Anybody else know how many corrupt files are in the factory repo or if anybody is aware of this problem yet. Thanks Dave Hi, update on problem, decided to update rpm and the problem disappeared. Rpm has worked fine before and in fact worked fine on itself. Is it possible that zypper downloaded files that were in the

Dave Plater wrote: process of being loaded. I had the problem with mozilla-nspr, mozilla-nss and Xalan-c. Am now waiting for OpenOffice and hoping it doesn't bomb. Dave Ok this must be due to a new rpmbuild in use or something. I installed mozilla-nspr & mozilla-nss from the mozilla factory beta repo successfully prior to updating rpm then I still had a problem and emailed my original post. Then I updated rpm and retried a zypper install of OpenOffice_org. The identical Xalan-c file that had the cpio error installed successfully. Dave -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org