Problems with glibc RPM

Problems with glibc RPM

[Khaled Labib]

Hi,

I downloaded glibc-2.0.6-4.src.rpm and glibc-2.0.6-3.src.rpm from 
ftp.linux.sgi.com.

When I tried to use the rpm tool to install them, I got the following error 
message:

unpacking of archive failed on file glibc-2.0.6.tar.gz: cpio: read failed - 
Success


Can someone help ? I really need these sources from the rpm.

I am using RedHat Linux 6.0 on a PC.

Thank you for your help.



Khaled

Re: Problems with glibc RPM

[Tim Hockin]

Khaled Labib wrote:
 
> unpacking of archive failed on file glibc-2.0.6.tar.gz: cpio: read failed -
> Success
> 
> Can someone help ? I really need these sources from the rpm.
> 
> I am using RedHat Linux 6.0 on a PC.
> 
> Thank you for your help.
> 
> Khaled

might you have a) run out of disk space?  b) retrieved teh file in ASCII
(as opposed to BIN) mode?

I'd guess 'a'

-- 
Tim Hockin
Software Engineer / OS Engineer
Cobalt Networks
thockin@cobalt.com

Re: Problems with glibc RPM

[Kevin D. Kissell]

>
>I downloaded glibc-2.0.6-4.src.rpm and glibc-2.0.6-3.src.rpm from 
>ftp.linux.sgi.com.
>
>When I tried to use the rpm tool to install them, I got the following error 
>message:
>
>unpacking of archive failed on file glibc-2.0.6.tar.gz: cpio: read failed - 
>Success
>
>
>Can someone help ? I really need these sources from the rpm.
>
>I am using RedHat Linux 6.0 on a PC.


I believe there are some interoperatbility problems between
Red Hat 5.2 and 6.0 rpm programs.   When I did a port of
mipsel linux to a MIPS development board, I started by
booting the RH 6.0 mipsel root file system, with the 6.0
rpm program, and found that I could not reliably install
the 5.2 gcc/glibc binary RPMs on the SGI server.  I
backed off to a 5.2 level root file system and rpm program,
and the problems went away.

__

Kevin D. Kissell
MIPS Technologies European Architecture Lab
kevink@mips.com
Tel. +33.4.78.38.70.67
FAX. +33.4.78.38.70.68

Re: Problems with glibc RPM

[Kevin D. Kissell]

>
>I downloaded glibc-2.0.6-4.src.rpm and glibc-2.0.6-3.src.rpm from 
>ftp.linux.sgi.com.
>
>When I tried to use the rpm tool to install them, I got the following error 
>message:
>
>unpacking of archive failed on file glibc-2.0.6.tar.gz: cpio: read failed - 
>Success
>
>
>Can someone help ? I really need these sources from the rpm.
>
>I am using RedHat Linux 6.0 on a PC.


I believe there are some interoperatbility problems between
Red Hat 5.2 and 6.0 rpm programs.   When I did a port of
mipsel linux to a MIPS development board, I started by
booting the RH 6.0 mipsel root file system, with the 6.0
rpm program, and found that I could not reliably install
the 5.2 gcc/glibc binary RPMs on the SGI server.  I
backed off to a 5.2 level root file system and rpm program,
and the problems went away.

__

Kevin D. Kissell
MIPS Technologies European Architecture Lab
kevink@mips.com
Tel. +33.4.78.38.70.67
FAX. +33.4.78.38.70.68