Bug 7830 - RPM IS REPORTING: unpacking of archive failed: cpio: Bad magic
Summary: RPM IS REPORTING: unpacking of archive failed: cpio: Bad magic
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Raw Hide
Classification: Retired
Component: rpm
Version: 1.0
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
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high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jeff Johnson
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: 7798 (view as bug list)
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 1999-12-16 04:18 UTC by shane
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 1999-12-20 19:05:21 UTC
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Description shane 1999-12-16 04:18:32 UTC 
After upgrading to the latest version of Rawhide, I have begun noticing RPM
reporting "unpacking of archive failed: cpio: Bad magic" when installing
some (not all) rpms.  The RPMS I am attempting to install are rawhide RPMS
so I assume they are built correctly.

I have tried downloading the same files that error out and the problem
persists.

[root@lost shane]# rpm -Uhv newt-devel-0.50.1-14.i386.rpm
isapnptools-1.21-1.i386.rpm
newt-devel
##################################################
unpacking of archive failed: cpio: Bad magic
isapnptools
##################################################
unpacking of archive failed: cpio: Bad magic
Comment 1 Jeff Johnson 1999-12-16 15:59:59 UTC 
Yup, rpm-3.0.4 is broke. The problem (I'm guessing) is only on builds, but,
if you're doing serious production work, you should use rpm-3.0.3 instead.
Meanwhile I should have a fix in the next day or 2 ...
Comment 2 Bill Nottingham 1999-12-17 19:06:59 UTC 
*** Bug 7798 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Bill Nottingham 1999-12-20 19:05:59 UTC 
This should be fixed in the next Raw Hide with rebuilt RPMs.
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