When yum finds a broken package

[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