When yum finds a broken package

[Anne Wilson]

Running an update (F14 - yes, I know about EOL) I found that there is a
problem with AdobeReader_enu.  I excluded it to get the rest of the
updates, then intended to remove it and install the latest version.  The
removal failed with

Error in PREUN scriptlet in rpm package AdobeReader_enu

I know this isn't a Fedora issue, really, but can someone tell me what I
need to do to get rid of this broken package?

Anne

[Rex Dieter]

On 12/22/2011 11:11 AM, Anne Wilson wrote:
> Running an update (F14 - yes, I know about EOL) I found that there is a
> problem with AdobeReader_enu.  I excluded it to get the rest of the
> updates, then intended to remove it and install the latest version.  The
> removal failed with
>
> Error in PREUN scriptlet in rpm package AdobeReader_enu
>
> I know this isn't a Fedora issue, really, but can someone tell me what I
> need to do to get rid of this broken package?

]
Hmm... I thought yum essentially ignored scriptlet errors these days (to 
avoid the problem you describe).

In a pinch, you can

rpm -e --noscripts AdobeReader_enu

[Neal Becker]

Rex Dieter wrote:
> On 12/22/2011 11:11 AM, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > Running an update (F14 - yes, I know about EOL) I found that there is a
> > problem with AdobeReader_enu.  I excluded it to get the rest of the
> > updates, then intended to remove it and install the latest version.  The
> > removal failed with
> >
> > Error in PREUN scriptlet in rpm package AdobeReader_enu
> >
> > I know this isn't a Fedora issue, really, but can someone tell me what I
> > need to do to get rid of this broken package?
>
> ]
> Hmm... I thought yum essentially ignored scriptlet errors these days (to
> avoid the problem you describe).
>
> In a pinch, you can
>
> rpm -e --noscripts AdobeReader_enu

Also useful to get out of a jam is:
rpm -e --justdb

[Kevin Kofler]

Neal Becker wrote:
> Also useful to get out of a jam is:
> rpm -e --justdb

That keeps the files on disk, so it's usually not a good idea, unless you 
need to reinstall something like glibc.

Kevin Kofler

[Anne Wilson]

On 12/22/2011 06:49 PM, Kevin Kofler wrote:
> Neal Becker wrote:
> > Also useful to get out of a jam is: rpm -e --justdb
>
> That keeps the files on disk, so it's usually not a good idea, unless
> you need to reinstall something like glibc.

Thanks everyone - all comments filed for future use :-)

Anne