Bug 55488

Summary:	filesystem install requires rw filesystems
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Scott Hunziker <ksh>
Component:	rpm	Assignee:	Jeff Johnson <jbj>
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:	Aaron Brown <abrown>
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Version:	7.1
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Description Scott Hunziker 2001-11-01 02:51:14 UTC

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Description of problem:
When I tried to install filesystem-2.1.0-2.1, it failed because I had
/usr/local/games and /opt mounted read-only.  The message was:

error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/local/games: cpio: chown
failed - Read-only file system

I mounted them read-write and then it worked fine, but that doesn't
seem right.  If they're already there and already have the correct
ownership and permissions, it seems like you should just leave them alone.


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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.mount /usr/local/games as read-only
2.install filesystem package
3.
	

Actual Results:  error: unpacking of archive failed on file
/usr/local/games: cpio: chown failed - Read-only file system

Expected Results:  filesystem package should install without error

Additional info:

Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2001-11-01 16:50:28 UTC

This really can't be solved in the context of just the filesystem package.

Comment 2 Jeff Johnson 2001-12-03 00:09:20 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 52190 ***