Weird yumex & selinux.

[Tim Lauridsen]

Tim Lauridsen wrote:
> On a newly installed FC5, with selinux set to "Enforcing"
> I have some problem when updating some packages with yumex.
>
> I get some scriptlet error:
>
> error: %pre(avahi-0.6.9-8.FC5.i386) scriptlet failed, exit status 255
> error:   install: %pre scriptlet failed (2), skipping avahi-0.6.9-8.FC5
> error: %pre(xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.0.1-9.i386) scriptlet failed, exit
> status 255
> error:   install: %pre scriptlet failed (2), skipping
> xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.0.1-9
> error: %post(tcsh-6.14-6.fc5.1.i386) scriptlet failed, exit status 255
> error: %preun(avahi-0.6.9-3.i386) scriptlet failed, exit status 255
>
> The result is some packages have multiple versions install, other is no
> longer installed.:
>
> $ rpm -q xorg-x11-server-Xorg
> package xorg-x11-server-Xorg is not installed
>
> $ rpm -q tcsh
> tcsh-6.14-5.2.1
> tcsh-6.14-6.fc5.1
>
> It is only in yumex the problem exists, i yum i get no errors. (yumex
> uses the Yum API to do the real action).
> I another FC5 installation with selinux disabled i dont have these 
> errors.
>
> Anybody got any ideas to fix there problems ???.
>
> Tim Lauridsen
> Yumex Developer.
>
>
>
[tim at localhost ~]$ ls -Z /usr/bin/yum
-rwxr-xr-x  root     root     system_u:object_r:rpm_exec_t     /usr/bin/yum
[tim at localhost ~]$ ls -Z /usr/bin/yumex
lrwxrwxrwx  root     root     system_u:object_r:bin_t          
/usr/bin/yumex -> consolehelper
[tim at localhost ~]$ ls -Z /usr/share/yumex/yumex
-rwxr-xr-x  root     root     system_u:object_r:usr_t          
/usr/share/yumex/yumex
[tim at localhost ~]$ ls -Z /usr/sbin/pup
-rwxr-xr-x  root     root     system_u:object_r:rpm_exec_t     /usr/sbin/pup
[tim at localhost ~]$ ls -Z /usr/sbin/pup

It look like it have something to do with the 
'system_u:object_r:rpm_exec_t' attribute, yumex  dont have that attribute.
How do i get this attribute ????

Tim Lauridsen
Yumex Developer.