On Thu, May 26, 2005 at 07:39:15PM -0700, Nifty Hat Mitch wrote: > On Thu, May 26, 2005 at 01:12:38PM -0400, Jeff Spaleta wrote: > > 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.... Well running each the scripts by hand let me update and correct packages that had been tangled by various interrupted installs and or other rawhide adventures. Some of those adventures generated package collisions most if not all are now tidied up. Now to retest some of the things that caused me to post some bugs. -- 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.