[root@gate 6.1]# ls -l total 28949 -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 616 Nov 20 12:37 SPRMS -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 616 Nov 20 12:37 SRPMS -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 22036480 Nov 20 12:36 i386.tar -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 7393280 Nov 20 12:40 images.tar -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 92160 Nov 20 12:38 noarch.tar [root@gate 6.1]# rm SPRMS rm: remove `SPRMS'? y [root@gate 6.1]# rm SPRMS rm: cannot remove `SPRMS': No such file or directory [root@gate 6.1]# ls -l total 28948 -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 616 Nov 20 12:37 SRPMS -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 22036480 Nov 20 12:36 i386.tar -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 7393280 Nov 20 12:40 images.tar -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 92160 Nov 20 12:38 noarch.tar [root@gate 6.1]# ls | od -c 0000000 S R P M S \n i 3 8 6 . t a r \n i 0000020 m a g e s . t a r \n n o a r c h 0000040 . t a r \n 0000045 [root@gate 6.1]# >SPRMS [root@gate 6.1]# ls -ltri total 28948 1957943 -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 22036480 Nov 20 12:36 i386.tar 1957945 -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 616 Nov 20 12:37 SRPMS 1957946 -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 92160 Nov 20 12:38 noarch.tar 1957947 -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 7393280 Nov 20 12:40 images.tar 1957944 -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 0 Nov 20 13:36 SPRMS Upgraded from 5.2 to 6.1 and now the filesystem is unstable. It frequently creates duplicate directory entries that are not removable. [root@gate 6.1]# rm SPRMS rm: remove `SPRMS'? y [root@gate 6.1]# rm SPRMS rm: cannot remove `SPRMS': No such file or directory [root@gate 6.1]# ls -ltri total 28948 1957943 -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 22036480 Nov 20 12:36 i386.tar 1957945 -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 616 Nov 20 12:37 SRPMS 1957946 -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 92160 Nov 20 12:38 noarch.tar 1957947 -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 7393280 Nov 20 12:40 images.tar [root@gate 6.1]# df -k . Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 7956306 7394036 149803 98% / [root@gate 6.1]# cat /etc/fstab /dev/sda3 / ext2 defaults 1 1
Assigned to dledford
Bug 7182 is being closed because it seems to have been fixed in the long timeframe since 1999. I am unable to duplicate it on a 8.0 or 7.3 red hat linux. If it is still occuring, please open a new bug.