[Mageia-dev] ANNOUNCE: The /usr move cometh! <---- Instructions

[Barry Jackson]

On 24/07/12 07:21, Sander Lepik wrote:
> 24.07.2012 02:32, Barry Jackson kirjutas:
>> Updating an i586 Cauldron VM I am getting this:-
>> Preparing...
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>> 1/52: filesystem
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>> error: unpacking of archive failed on file /var/run: cpio: rename
>> failed - Is a directory
>> error: filesystem-2.1.9-18.mga3.i586: install failed
>>
>> This is at the start of --auto-update after the re-boot.
>>
> Is your /var on a separate partition? I had the same problem with
> /var/lock and /var/run. To solve this i had to rename those directories
> (later deleted them) and i created two symlinks /var/lock -> /run/lock
> and /var/run -> /run - after that filesystem installed w/o problems.
>
> --
> Sander
>
>
No, this is a single partition install in virtualbox that I use for 
testing. I will look at those files later though - thanks.