[KLUG Members] YaST/rpm failed

[Adam Tauno Williams]

> My SUSEWatcher said I had an update so I ran it and it failed. So I downloaded the update and ran it...:
> trogdor:

The burninator?

> /home/john/test # rpm -Uvh rpm-4.1.1-208.2.i586.rpm
> Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
>    1:rpm                    ########################################### [100%]
> error: unpacking of archive failed: cpio: mkdir failed - Unknown error 990
> trogdor:/home/john/test #

Did you try running /sbin/ldconfig and trying again?

> Any idea what dir it can't make or where to look?

mkdir can fail for lots of reasons,  I'd wager the 990 unknown error is
reflected up out of glibc somewhere.  If you strace it where does it
fail?