Description of problem: [root@xenon ~]# LANG=C dnf reinstall python3-requests --allowerasing Last metadata expiration check performed 1:43:00 ago on Thu Dec 17 13:45:38 2015. Dependencies resolved. ============================================================================================================================================================== Package Arch Version Repository Size ============================================================================================================================================================== Reinstalling: python3-requests noarch 2.7.0-7.fc23 fedora 102 k Transaction Summary ============================================================================================================================================================== Total download size: 102 k Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: python3-requests-2.7.0-7.fc23.noarch.rpm 186 kB/s | 102 kB 00:00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42 kB/s | 102 kB 00:02 # dnf reinstall python3-requests Running transaction check Transaction check succeeded. Running transaction test Transaction test succeeded. Running transaction Reinstalling: python3-requests-2.7.0-7.fc23.noarch 1/2 Error unpacking rpm package python3-requests-2.7.0-7.fc23.noarch Error unpacking rpm package python3-requests-2.7.0-7.fc23.noarch error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/requests/packages/chardet: cpio: rename Verifying : python3-requests-2.7.0-7.fc23.noarch 1/2 Verifying : python3-requests-2.7.0-7.fc23.noarch 2/2 Reinstalled: python3-requests.noarch 2.7.0-7.fc23 Complete! Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): python3-requests-2.7.0-7.fc23.noarch
So, whenever you see a 'cpio: rename', it is almost always because your system had someone 'sudo pip install ...' a package before, and now the rpm tools don't know how to deal with those files that they themselves didn't install. Try removing /usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/requests* by hand and re-installing.
You are right. Sorry for the noise.