On Nov 11, 2007 7:16 AM, Claude Jones <cjones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > In general, using yum upgrade on two machines has gone well. > On both, I have a problem I can't resolve. I have ended up with two versions > of avahi. > > # rpm -qa | grep avahi > avahi-0.6.21-6.fc8 > avahi-qt3-0.6.21-6.fc8 > avahi-compat-howl-0.6.21-6.fc8 > avahi-compat-libdns_sd-0.6.21-6.fc8 > avahi-devel-0.6.21-6.fc8 > kdnssd-avahi-devel-0.1.3-0.2.20060713svn.fc8 > kdnssd-avahi-0.1.3-0.2.20060713svn.fc8 > avahi-0.6.17-1.fc7 > avahi-glib-0.6.21-6.fc8 > > So, I have two versions of avahi, now - the fc7 and fc8 > Attempts to remove avahi-0.6.17-1.fc7 result in an error: > > # rpm -e avahi-0.6.17-1.fc7 > error: %postun(avahi-0.6.17-1.fc7.i386) scriptlet failed, exit status 1 > > I get a similar message using smart, yum, or kpackage > > Can anyone give me an idea of how to proceed? > > Oh yes, and this is the third try at sending this email - I'm getting messages > saying the redhat server is having trouble doing a virus scan on this > text-only, non-html message.... > -- > Claude Jones > Brunswick, MD, USA A good reason to do a new install versus an upgrade. But that is besides the point. Have you tried "rpm -e --noscripts ...."? -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
