zypper dup failed

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During the zypper dup precess I had the following problem:

(211/308) Installing: libQt6MultimediaWidgets6-6.4.0-1.1.x86_64 ............................................................[done] 
error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/lib/firmware/qcom/LENOVO/21BX;633f5900: cpio: File from package already exists as 
a directory in system 
error: kernel-firmware-qcom-20220930-1.1.noarch: install failed 
error: kernel-firmware-qcom-20220902-1.1.noarch: erase skipped 
(212/308) Installing: kernel-firmware-qcom-20220930-1.1.noarch ............................................................[error] 
Installation of kernel-firmware-qcom-20220930-1.1.noarch failed: 
Error: Subprocess failed. Error: RPM failed: Command exited with status 1. 
**Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i] (a): **r 
error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/lib/firmware/qcom/LENOVO/21BX;633f5908: cpio: File from package already exists as 
a directory in system 
error: kernel-firmware-qcom-20220930-1.1.noarch: install failed 
error: kernel-firmware-qcom-20220902-1.1.noarch: erase skipped 
(212/308) Installing: kernel-firmware-qcom-20220930-1.1.noarch ............................................................[error] 
Installation of kernel-firmware-qcom-20220930-1.1.noarch failed: 
Error: Subprocess failed. Error: RPM failed: Command exited with status 1. 
**Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i] (a): **r 
error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/lib/firmware/qcom/LENOVO/21BX;633f5921: cpio: File from package already exists as 
a directory in system 
error: kernel-firmware-qcom-20220930-1.1.noarch: install failed 
error: kernel-firmware-qcom-20220902-1.1.noarch: erase skipped 
(212/308) Installing: kernel-firmware-qcom-20220930-1.1.noarch ............................................................[error] 
Installation of kernel-firmware-qcom-20220930-1.1.noarch failed: 
Error: Subprocess failed. Error: RPM failed: Command exited with status 1. 
**Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i] (a): **
Warning: %posttrans scripts skipped while aborting: 
    kernel-firmware-usb-network-20220930-1.1.noarch.rpm 
    libreoffice-icon-themes-7.4.1.2-2.1.noarch.rpm 
    ucode-amd-20220930-1.1.noarch.rpm 
    kernel-firmware-ueagle-20220930-1.1.noarch.rpm 
    openSUSE-release-20221004-1863.1.x86_64.rpm 
    kernel-firmware-ti-20220930-1.1.noarch.rpm 
    open-iscsi-2.1.8-93.1.x86_64.rpm 
    libreoffice-l10n-en-7.4.1.2-2.1.noarch.rpm 
    kernel-firmware-sound-20220930-1.1.noarch.rpm 
    kernel-firmware-serial-20220930-1.1.noarch.rpm 
    kernel-firmware-realtek-20220930-1.1.noarch.rpm 
    kernel-firmware-radeon-20220930-1.1.noarch.rpm 
    kernel-firmware-qlogic-20220930-1.1.noarch.rpm 
    kernel-firmware-qcom-20220930-1.1.noarch.rpm 

Problem occurred during or after installation or removal of packages: 
Installation has been aborted as directed. 
Please see the above error message for a hint. 
**linux-4skc:~ #**

I tried zypper dup again and got

(39/97) Installing: ffmpeg-4-4.4.2-5.8.x86_64 ..............................................................................[done] 
error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/lib/firmware/qcom/LENOVO/21BX;633f5a75: cpio: File from package already exists as 
a directory in system 
error: kernel-firmware-qcom-20220930-1.1.noarch: install failed 
error: kernel-firmware-qcom-20220902-1.1.noarch: erase skipped 
(40/97) Installing: kernel-firmware-qcom-20220930-1.1.noarch ..............................................................[error] 
Installation of kernel-firmware-qcom-20220930-1.1.noarch failed: 
Error: Subprocess failed. Error: RPM failed: Command exited with status 1. 
**Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i] (a): **r 
error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/lib/firmware/qcom/LENOVO/21BX;633f5a86: cpio: File from package already exists as 
a directory in system 
error: kernel-firmware-qcom-20220930-1.1.noarch: install failed 
error: kernel-firmware-qcom-20220902-1.1.noarch: erase skipped 
(40/97) Installing: kernel-firmware-qcom-20220930-1.1.noarch ..............................................................[error] 
Installation of kernel-firmware-qcom-20220930-1.1.noarch failed: 
Error: Subprocess failed. Error: RPM failed: Command exited with status 1. 
**Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i] (a): ** 
Warning: %posttrans scripts skipped while aborting: 
    java-18-openjdk-headless-18.0.2.0-13.53.x86_64.rpm 
    kernel-firmware-qcom-20220930-1.1.noarch.rpm 

Problem occurred during or after installation or removal of packages: 
Installation has been aborted as directed. 
Please see the above error message for a hint. 
**linux-4skc:~ #**

So each time failed - what is wrong and how do I complete the upgrade?

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Sorry I should have looked first. After seeing karlmistelberger’s thread (https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/576361-dup-to-20221004-requires-removal-of-directory-usr-lib-firmware-qcom-LENOVO-21BX) I removed the directory /usr/lib/firmware/qcom/LENOVO/21BX and zypper dup completed without further problems. Thank you Karl
Uli

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Just a suggestion.

When something like this happens, I suggest you use “i” (ignore) rather than “a” (abort). That allows all of the other updates to install.

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thank you, nrickert, my thought (without much reflecting) was to abort and if the problem is not solved until then wait for the next snapshot… I didn’t think of the option to complete the install without this kernel-firmware.

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The reported problem just happened to me here.

Yeah, but it feels scary to install a kernel without firmware, I would think the boot might fail next time, or something important (such as network) not working.

I resolved it by removing the directory usr/lib/firmware/qcom/LENOVO/21BX directory, as suggeted in the post .

I am curious though why something like this happens, on a server that has nothing to do with Lenovo. Not trying to be a pain, honestly curious.

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The firmware is now many small packages, rather than one large package. Without this update, you would only be missing a small part of the firmware. And if you are not running a lenovo, the chances are that you don’t really need it.

As for why this happens: it seems to be a limitation of “rpm” that it cannot replace a directory with a file.

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Thanks for the feedback. I intentionally ran a series of dups:

**erlangen:~ #** journalctl -q -u dupa -g Consumed 
Sep 20 22:39:24 erlangen systemd[1]: dupa.service: Consumed 3.619s CPU time. 
...
Oct 06 00:52:28 erlangen systemd[1]: dupa.service: Consumed 19.349s CPU time. 
Oct 06 20:34:21 erlangen systemd[1]: dupa.service: Consumed 3.184s CPU time. 
Oct 06 20:34:45 erlangen systemd[1]: dupa.service: Consumed 3.593s CPU time. 
Oct 06 20:35:29 erlangen systemd[1]: dupa.service: Consumed 3.657s CPU time. 
Oct 06 20:36:38 erlangen systemd[1]: dupa.service: Consumed 3.243s CPU time. 
Oct 06 20:41:37 erlangen systemd[1]: dupa.service: Consumed 10.184s CPU time. 
Oct 06 20:47:33 erlangen systemd[1]: dupa.service: Consumed 9.119s CPU time. 
Oct 06 20:47:56 erlangen systemd[1]: dupa.service: Consumed 4.200s CPU time. 
Oct 06 20:51:39 erlangen systemd[1]: dupa.service: Consumed 27.686s CPU time. 
**erlangen:~ #**

The first of the above failed with different error messages. I kept going until messages stabilized and clearly pointed to directory /usr/lib/firmware/qcom/LENOVO/21BX.

When encountering similar issues users may want to wait for one up to several hours before retrying.

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Another approach which worked, was to ignore the conflict and proceed with the other pending updates. After that deinstall the old kernel-firmware-qcom (it will remove the directory structure also) and install the new version afterwards. Everything went through flawlessly.

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Thanks for this solution @hui, it worked for my system.
I use an old Lenovo laptop as a personal server, not sure if I really need that FW but installed it just in case :).

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Thanks! Deleting the package kernel-firmware-qcom using YAST Software and direct installation of the same package afterwards worked also for me!

Best,

Michael