Bug 1543 - rpm -U when disk full reports "..failed...: -1: Success"
Summary: rpm -U when disk full reports "..failed...: -1: Success"
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: rpm
Version: 5.2
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: David Lawrence
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Reported: 1999-03-16 22:24 UTC by dan
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 1999-03-17 16:29:07 UTC
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Description dan 1999-03-16 22:24:46 UTC 
# rpm -U emacs-20.3-3.i386.rpm
unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/bin/emacs-nox: -1:
Success
error: emacs-nox-20.3-3.i386.rpm cannot be installed

Moderately non-obvious as error messages go ...
Comment 1 Jeff Johnson 1999-03-17 16:29:59 UTC 
Fix by upgrading rpm to 2.5.7 (or 2.92).
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