RE: [owl-users] Error in installworld

Dear Alexander,

I've tried to install from CD but result the same. During next two days I will try to install as you offer. In any cases main packages have installed and I can use Owl.
I've got one suggestion for install - when I install new Owl my /etc/modules.conf cleared by installation. Can you keep my version of modules.conf for example as modules.conf.rpmsave?
With zone info I've taken good result using your tip. I've move old catalog to other place and this part of installation have passed successfully.
I cannot build new kernel. I've used wiki article according how to build own kernel but received error:
	  LD      drivers/scsi/built-in.o
	  LD      drivers/built-in.o
	  GEN     .version
	  CHK     include/linux/compile.h
	  UPD     include/linux/compile.h
	  CC      init/version.o
	  LD      init/built-in.o	
	  LD      .tmp_vmlinux1
	net/built-in.o:(.data+0x7a80): undefined reference to `ipv4_ping_group_range'
	net/built-in.o:(.data+0x8060): undefined reference to `ipv4_ping_group_range'
	make: *** [.tmp_vmlinux1] Error 1
May be you know what prevent me to build new kernel

Best regards
Oleg Malykh

-----Original Message-----
From: Solar Designer [mailto:solar_at_private] 
Sent: Monday, May 28, 2012 2:13 AM
To: owl-users_at_private
Subject: Re: [owl-users] Error in installworld

On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 01:52:10AM +0400, Malykh Oleg wrote:
> What version are you upgrading from?
> OM> I don't remember. I suppose it is one of second relase of Owl
> What version are you upgrading to?
> OM> I've upgraded to current.

Well, upgrades over an Owl release are more likely not to work than upgrades via each release.  That is, proper upgrade path for a pre-3.0 version of Owl is to upgrade to 3.0, then upgrade to post-3.0.  That said, I am not sure that this explains the error you've received.  I am puzzled by this specific error.

>    7:tzdata                 ########################################### [100%]
> error: unpacking of archive failed on file 
> /usr/share/zoneinfo/iso3166.tab: cpio: rename failed - Is a directory

Is /usr/share/zoneinfo/iso3166.tab in fact a directory?  I guess the errno is probably from access to another path (maybe the rename target).

You may try renaming the entire /usr/share/zoneinfo directory, e.g.:

mv /usr/share/zoneinfo{,.save}

Then run installworld again, which should create this directory anew.

Does this help?

Alexander