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# zypper ref && zypper dup --no-allow-vendor-change --no-recommends
Repository 'Packman' is up to date.                                                      
Repository '*Main (OSS)' is up to date.                                                  
Repository '*Update' is up to date.                                                      
Repository '*Main (Non-OSS)' is up to date.                                              
All repositories have been refreshed.
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
[...]
The following package is going to be upgraded:
  ebtables

1 package to upgrade.
Overall download size: 0 B. Already cached: 49.7 KiB. After the operation, 351.0 KiB will
be freed.
Continue? [y/n/v/...? shows all options] (y): y
In cache ebtables-2.0.11-1.1.i586.rpm               (1/1),  49.7 KiB ( 99.3 KiB unpacked)

Checking for file conflicts: ......................................................[done]
(1/1) Installing: ebtables-2.0.11-1.1.i586 .......................................[error]
Installation of ebtables-2.0.11-1.1.i586 failed:
Error: Subprocess failed. Error: RPM failed: error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/lib/ebtables: cpio: File from package already exists as a directory in system        
error: ebtables-2.0.11-1.1.i586: install failed                                          
error: ebtables-2.0.10.4-23.1.i586: erase skipped                                        

Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i] (a):