On Mon November 12 2007, Joel Gomberg wrote: > > So, I have two versions of avahi, now - the fc7 and fc8 > > Attempts to remove avahi-0.6.17-1.fc7 result in an error: > > > > # rpm -e avahi-0.6.17-1.fc7 > > error: %postun(avahi-0.6.17-1.fc7.i386) scriptlet failed, exit status 1 > > > > I get a similar message using smart, yum, or kpackage > > > > Can anyone give me an idea of how to proceed? > > > > From the Yum upgrade FAQ > [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/YumUpgradeFaq#head-56b13936246769f517ac488a0 >098d193c7fc3600]: > > The Fedora 7 avahi packagage fails to uninstall; remove it manually with > > rpm -e --noscripts avahi-0.6.17-1.fc7 Interesting - I hadn't found that faq before I tried the yum upgrade, but, the procedure I came up with was almost identical. I did file a bugzilla on the avahi problem and got a response within 18 hours, pointing me to the solution described above. Thanks for responding. -- Claude Jones Brunswick, MD, USA
