What the heck is all this?

[Mark Eggers]

On Wed, 07 Aug 2013 07:39:27 -0400, linuxnutster wrote:

> On 08/07/2013 07:26 AM, Tom Horsley wrote:
>> Just got this output from a yum update this morning:
>>
>> ...
>>    Cleanup    : glib2-2.36.3-2.fc19                                    
>>       52/74 Cleanup    : python-fedora-0.3.32.3-2.fc19.noarch          
>>                53/74
>> /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.dtrblY: line 1: fg: no job control error:
>> %preun(kde-settings-kdm-19-23.fc19.noarch) scriptlet failed, exit
>> status 1 Error in PREUN scriptlet in rpm package
>> kde-settings-kdm-19-23.fc19.noarch
>>    Cleanup    : gstreamer1-plugins-base-1.0.8-1.fc19.x86_64            
>>       54/74
>> error: kde-settings-kdm-19-23.fc19.noarch: erase failed
>>    Cleanup    : libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu-1.0.5.4-1.fc19.x86_64       
>>       55/74 Cleanup    :
>>    libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc-1.0.5.4-1.fc19.x86_64            56/74
>> ...
>>
>> Failed:
>>    kde-settings-kdm.noarch 0:19-23.fc19
>>
>> [root at tomh ~]# rpm -q  kde-settings-kdm
>> kde-settings-kdm-19-23.fc19.noarch kde-settings-kdm-19-23.1.fc19.noarch
>>
>> So what is busted on my system? I have a feeling I shouldn't have two
>> different versions of the same rpm showing up as installed at the same
>> time.
>>
>   I'm getting a lot of yum errors lately. I'm seeing --skip-broken in my
> sleep. Just now:
> 
> Failed:  kde-settings-kdm.noarch 0:19-23.fc19

Here's what I did to get around the issue. I don't know if it's correct,
your mileage may vary, offer void where prohibited, caveat emptor.

This is after I did a yum update, so I had both versions installed.

1. yum erase kde-settings-kdm-19-23.1.fc19.noarch
2. rpm -e --noscripts --nodeps kde-settings-kdm-19-23.fc19.noarch
3. yum install kde-settings-kdm
4. yum check
5. yum info kde-settings-kdm

Installed Packages
Name        : kde-settings-kdm
Arch        : noarch
Version     : 19
Release     : 23.1.fc19
Size        : 32 k
Repo        : installed
>From repo   : updates
Summary     : Configuration files for kdm
URL         : http://fedorahosted.org/kde-settings
License     : MIT
Description : Configuration files for kdm.

Step 3 will complain about missing dependencies, and the fact that
the RPM database was altered outside of yum.

I'll know if this cleaned everything up the next time I do
a yum update.

. . . . just my two cents
/mde/