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Description of problem: see Summary Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Don't know. I have only one machine with i686, and x86_64 worked fine on three others. Steps to Reproduce: 1. yum install R-devel or yum update R-devel or download and rpm -Uvh ... 2. 3. Actual results: with rpm: error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/lib/R/include: cpio: rename failed - Is a directory with Yum: Error unpacking rpm package R-devel-2.13.0-1.fc14.i686 error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/lib/R/include: cpio: rename Expected results: install Additional info: Installs fine on x86-64
You'd only get this error if /usr/lib/R/include existed. Does it?
(In reply to comment #1) > You'd only get this error if /usr/lib/R/include existed. Does it? Yes. And I deleted it (well, moved it) and tried again and everything worked fine. I have no idea why it was there. Actually I do have another i696 computer, which I was reluctant to update because it is critical that it works for R. But, given your response, I just got the courage to try, and it worked too. So far as I can remember, the two computers were treated identicaly, although they are different. (The one that didn't work is a Lenovo workstation, and the one that did work is a Dell.) I don't know if this means that this is "notabug". So I am not making any changes. So if this is not a bug, sorry for making trouble.
Best guess? Some addon R module from CRAN created that directory and put files in it. With this update, that directory is now a symlink to the "proper" system include location, but RPM can't install a package that tries to write out a symlink over a real directory. Closing as CANTFIX.