Jóhann B. Guðmundsson wrote: > When updating a package I came across this "Error in PREUN scriptlet in > rpm package". > > Now further inspection revealed that there was a misplaced semicolon in > %preun section of the relevant spec file. > > Easily fixable but what is the proper procedure to fix this via update > without having the user having to go to a terminal and run rpm -e > --noscripts $oldpackage to remove the old package? I guess one question is ... does this bad preun script cause problems when doing a pkg ugprade? If not, you're ok. If yes, then you're likely stuck with the "rpm -e --noscripts" approach. -- rex -- packaging mailing list packaging@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/packaging