On Thu, May 26, 2005 at 01:12:38PM -0400, Jeff Spaleta wrote: > Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 13:12:38 -0400 > From: Jeff Spaleta <jspaleta@xxxxxxxxx> > To: For testers of Fedora Core development releases <fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: scriptlets fail for me > Reply-To: Jeff Spaleta <jspaleta@xxxxxxxxx>, > For testers of Fedora Core development releases <fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > On 5/26/05, Nifty Hat Mitch <mitch48@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > I get pre and post scriptlet errors for a number of > > recent updates. Is there an easy way to debug them? > > > > Updating : evince ######################### [1/2] > > error: %post(evince-0.3.1-1.x86_64) scriptlet failed, exit status 255 > > > rpm -q --scripts evince > > the postinstall scriptlet is the important one in this case since you > recieved the error during "Updating". If you had seen the error during > "Cleanup" it would have been postuninstall scriptlet. > > attempt to execute each step in the scriptlet and see which step fails Thanks.... I see this. I suspect the packages are not right. At least I have not broken sh and company. # for S in $SCHEMAS; do > gconftool-2 --makefile-install-rule /etc/gconf/schemas/$S > /dev/null > done I/O warning : failed to load external entity "/etc/gconf/schemas/evince.schemas"Failed to open `/etc/gconf/schemas/evince.schemas': No such file or directory I/O warning : failed to load external entity "/etc/gconf/schemas/evince-thumbnailer.schemas" Failed to open `/etc/gconf/schemas/evince-thumbnailer.schemas': No such file or directory > > -jef > > -- > fedora-test-list mailing list > fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list -- T o m M i t c h e l l Found me a new place to hang my hat :-) Found me a cable too.