After installing Fedora 9 (installation went just fine), I wanted to add a few more packages. However, every package I install, gives an error from the scripts embedded in the rpm. In most cases, it is a line like: error: %post(nedit-5.5-18.fc9.x86_64) scriptlet failed, exit status 255 and the package seems to be installed anyway. Listing the scripts (rpm -q --scripts nedit) and executing them by hand, works fine, no errors, no weird exit status) In some cases, the problem is worse: the error is already in the preinstall script, and then the install failes, although yum's messages seem a bit confused (looking from the last lines, one would assume the install worked out fine, but actually the package isn't there). Here is an example: # yum install epiphany Loaded plugins: fedorakmod, priorities, refresh-packagekit fedora | 2.4 kB 00:00 updates | 2.3 kB 00:00 strw-extras | 951 B 00:00 nonfree | 2.1 kB 00:00 Setting up Install Process Parsing package install arguments Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package epiphany.x86_64 0:2.22.1.1-1.fc9 set to be updated --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ============================================================================= Package Arch Version Repository Size ============================================================================= Installing: epiphany x86_64 2.22.1.1-1.fc9 fedora 5.7 M Transaction Summary ============================================================================= Install 1 Package(s) Update 0 Package(s) Remove 0 Package(s) Total download size: 5.7 M Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: (1/1): epiphany-2.22.1.1-1.fc9.x86_64.rpm | 5.7 MB 00:00 Running rpm_check_debug Running Transaction Test Finished Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction error: %pre(epiphany-2.22.1.1-1.fc9.x86_64) scriptlet failed, exit status 255 error: install: %pre scriptlet failed (2), skipping epiphany-2.22.1.1-1.fc9 Installed: epiphany.x86_64 0:2.22.1.1-1.fc9 Complete! So, at first I assumed my installation went foul somewhere, so I reinstalled fedora 9, but with the same results. Also, switching SELinux off made no difference. Has anyone else encountered this weird situation? Does anyone have a clue on how to track down the cause of this exit status? David Jansen -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
