From: Bill Marcum on
On 2008-06-30, Rob <me(a)privacy.net> wrote:
>
>
> I have tried to use yum to update Fedora 9 numerous times and each time
> Thunderbird fails to update with the following errors. Anyone know the fix?
>
>=============================================================================
> Package Arch Version Repository
> Size
>=============================================================================
> Updating:
> thunderbird i386 2.0.0.14-1.fc9 fedora 23
> M
>
> Transaction Summary
>=============================================================================
> Install 0 Package(s)
> Update 1 Package(s)
> Remove 0 Package(s)
>
> Total download size: 23 M
> Is this ok [y/N]: y
> Downloading Packages:
> (1/1):
> thunderbird-2.0.0.14-1.fc9.i386.rpm
>| 23 MB 03:16
> Running rpm_check_debug
> Running Transaction Test
> Finished Transaction Test
> Transaction Test Succeeded
> Running Transaction
> Updating : thunderbird [1/2]
> Error unpacking rpm package thunderbird-2.0.0.14-1.fc9.i386
> error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/lib/thunderbird-2.0.0.14/
> dictionaries: cpio: rename
>
> Updated: thunderbird.i386 0:2.0.0.14-1.fc9
> Complete!

Try downloading from a different repository. See if you can unpack the
rpm file manually.