One of my 7.1 to 7.3 upgrades failed with Upgrading kdelibs-3.0.0-10. /usr/share/config/kdebug.areas created as /usr/share/config/kdebug.areas.rpmnew /usr/share/config/kdebugrc created as /usr/share/config/kdebugrc.rpmnew /usr/share/config/kdeprintrc created as /usr/share/config/kdeprintrc.rpmnew /usr/share/config/ksslcalist created as /usr/share/config/ksslcalist.rpmnew ... Upgrading kdebase-3.0.0-12. /etc/X11/xdm/kdmrc saved as /etc/X11/xdm/kdmrc.rpmsave /etc/ksysguarddrc created as /etc/ksysguarddrc.rpmnew /usr/share/config/kdeglobals saved as /usr/share/config/kdeglobals.rpmorig /usr/share/config/kdesktoprc saved as /usr/share/config/kdesktoprc.rpmsave unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/share/config/kdm: cpio: rename failed - Is a directory I think the problem is kdelibs failed to convert /usr/share/config from a symlink to a directory.
oh yes, it's a bug rpm. It think it's already fixed in 8.0