After hand-repairing a broken repo install of xymon on a new prototype xymon server, I just attempted a xymon-client install on a prototype client. That was broken, too. Am I doing something wrong, or is the rpm just hosed? This is a fully updated RHEL5 system. Like the server install, the xymon-client install blew up with a rename error and left the already unpacked files in place but with no trace of xymon in the rpm database. I guess I can clean up by pulling a file manifest from the rpm. Here's what happened:

[root at utility named.data]# yum install xymon-client.x86_64 Loaded plugins: dellsysidplugin Setting up Install Process Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package xymon-client.x86_64 0:4.2.3-1.rhel5 set to be updated --> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

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Size

Installing: xymon-client x86_64 4.2.3-1.rhel5 Xymon
358 k

Transaction Summary

Install 1 Package(s) Upgrade 0 Package(s)

Total download size: 358 k Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: xymon-client-4.2.3-1.rhel5.x86_64.rpm | 358 kB 00:00 warning: rpmts_HdrFromFdno: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 60d204a7 Xymon/gpgkey | 3.6 kB 00:00 Importing GPG key 0x60D204A7 "Buchan Milne <bgmilne at staff.telkomsa.net>" from ht
tp://staff.telkomsa.net/packages/bgmilne.asc Is this ok [y/N]: y Running rpm_check_debug Running Transaction Test Finished Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Migrating from hobbit to xymon Copying init script settings Copying existing configuration from /etc/hobbit to /etc/xymon /bin/cp: cannot stat /etc/hobbit': No such file or directory Replacing hobbit with xymon where relevant in config find: /etc/xymon: No such file or directory Moving data files from /var/lib/hobbit to /var/lib/xymon /bin/mv: cannot stat /var/lib/hobbit': No such file or directory Moving log files from /var/log/hobbit to /var/log/xymon Migration complete

Beware, any files reported below as .rpmsave should probably be restored before starting xymon!

xymon user present Adding user xymon to group adm Installing : xymon-client
1/1 Error unpacking rpm package xymon-client-4.2.3-1.rhel5.x86_64 error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/lib64/xymon/client/etc: cpio: re name

Failed: xymon-client.x86_64 0:4.2.3-1.rhel5

Complete! [root at utility named.data]# ls -l /usr/lib64/xymon/client/etc total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root adm 43 Sep 2 2008 clientlaunch.cfg.rpmsave -> /usr/lib/hobbi
t/client/etc/clientlaunch.cfg [root at utility named.data]# rpm -qa|grep xymon