pycparser error or openSUSE error

[Cecil Westerhof]

On Saturday 29 Aug 2015 01:22 CEST, Laura Creighton wrote:

> In a message of Sat, 29 Aug 2015 00:51:57 +0200, Cecil Westerhof
> writes:
>> When doing a ‘zypper update’ on openSUSE I get: Installing:
>> python-pycparser-2.12-8.2
>> ..........................................................................................................................................................[error]
>> Installation of python-pycparser-2.12-8.2 failed: Error: Subprocess
>> failed. Error: RPM failed: error: unpacking of archive failed on
>> file
>> /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pycparser-2.12-py2.7.egg-info:
>> cpio: rename failed - Is a directory error:
>> python-pycparser-2.12-8.2.noarch: install failed
>>
>> Is this a Python error or an openSUSE error?
>>
>> -- 
>> Cecil Westerhof
>> Senior Software Engineer
>> LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cecilwesterhof
>
> SuSe is complaining.
>
> You almost certainly have this problem.
>
> https://joshua.hoblitt.com/rtfm/2013/05/dealing_with_rpm_cpio_rename_package_installupdate_errors/

Something to delve into. But the problem went away again. It took a
few days, but I suppose they solved it at openSUSE. But next time I
can solve it maybe a bit sooner by myself. :-D

-- 
Cecil Westerhof
Senior Software Engineer
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cecilwesterhof