On Sat, Nov 05, 2005 at 04:13:55PM -0500, Ivan Gyurdiev wrote: > Rawhide...I've been seeing random script failures like this: exit code 255. ..... > error: %post(libcap-1.10-23.i386) scriptlet failed, exit status 255 > 2:libgtk-java ########################################### > [ 33%] > error: %post(libgtk-java-2.8.1-1.i386) scriptlet failed, exit status 255 That may be related to messed up "alternatives". https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=171843 was already mentioned today. See discussion there. > > [root@cobra packages]# rpm -q tar --scripts > postinstall scriptlet (using /bin/sh): > /sbin/install-info /usr/share/info/tar.info.gz /usr/share/info/dir > preuninstall scriptlet (using /bin/sh): > if [ $1 = 0 ]; then > /sbin/install-info --delete /usr/share/info/tar.info.gz > /usr/share/info/dir > fi .... > ... but now I'm starting to > suspect that only my system is broken... ideas? Did you try saving such failig scripts to a file, editing results accordingly so that will be indeed a correct script to run and running that? Possibly with 'sh -x ...'? This may provide you with some clues why things are unhappy on your system. My particular test boxes seem to be doing mostly ok. Michal -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list