OCI: yum reports two different versions of the "setup" package

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Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

 Linux OS 

 

SYMPTOMS 

Duplicated packages as yum reports two different versions of the "setup" package hence fail to yum update "setup" package.

--> Running transaction check
---> Package setup.noarch 0:2.8.71-9.el7 will be updated
---> Package setup.noarch 0:2.8.71-11.el7 will be an update
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
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Package Arch Version Repository Size
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Updating:
setup noarch 2.8.71-11.el7 ol7_latest-x86_64 166 k
Transaction Summary
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Upgrade 1 Package
Total download size: 166 k
Is this ok [y/d/N]: y
Downloading packages:
No Presto metadata available for ol7_latest-x86_64
setup-2.8.71-11.el7.noarch.rpm | 166 kB 00:00:00
Running transaction check
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded
Running transaction
Updating : setup-2.8.71-11.el7.noarch 1/2
Error unpacking rpm package setup-2.8.71-11.el7.noarch
error: unpacking of archive failed on file /etc/services: cpio: rename
Verifying : setup-2.8.71-11.el7.noarch 1/2
setup-2.8.71-9.el7.noarch was supposed to be removed but is not!
Verifying : setup-2.8.71-9.el7.noarch 2/2 Failed:
setup.noarch 0:2.8.71-9.el7 setup.noarch 0:2.8.71-11.el7