cannot install glibc-common-2.3.2-27.9.7.i386.rpm : cpio fails with error Invalid cross-device link

From: Rahul Jain (rjain7_at_gmail.com)
Date: 06/16/04

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    Hi,

    I tried every thing I knew to solve this but unable to...

    I installed Redhat 9.0 on my computer. Redhat recommends upgrading the
    glibc on the machine to glibc-2.3.2-27.9.7 from
    https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-325.html

    Installing glibc-common-2.3.2-27.9.7-i386.rpm always gives an error:

    error: unpacking of archive failed on file
    /usr/share/zoneinfo/right/Pacific/Pitcairn;40cff7d9: cpio: link failed
    - Invalid cross-device link

    Running rpm with -vv option shows the offending file info :
    D: fini 100644 2 ( 0, 0) 0
    /usr/share/zoneinfo/right/Pacific/Pitcairn;40cff7d9

    My computer does not have any partitions where cross device link could
    happen, "/" and "/export" are the only two local disk partitions.

    Even using 'rpm --root=/opt/test' generates the same error. What could
    be going wrong here ? Am I doing something wrong or is rpm confused
    about the package ?

    Any reply/suggestion will be appreciated

    Thank you,

    Rahul Jain
    InterWave Communications

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