When yum finds a broken package

[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