Re: [expert] any thoughts on this rpm error?

[Mark Weaver]

Rob wrote:

# rm -rf /var/tmp/
[root@rwideman2 share]# rpm -ivh --allfiles --replacefiles --force
/root/freeswan-1.98b-1mdk.i586.rpm
Preparing...                ###########################################
[100%]
   1:freeswan               ###########################################
[100%]
warning: created %_tmppath directory /var/tmp
/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.84265: /usr/share/rpm-helper/add-service: No such file or
directory
error: execution of %post scriptlet from freeswan-1.98b-1mdk failed, exit
status 127
[root@rwideman2 share]#
[root@rwideman2 share]# rpm -qa | grep freeswan
freeswan-1.98b-1mdk
[root@rwideman2 share]# rpm -e /root/freeswan-1.98b-1mdk.i586.rpm
error: package /root/freeswan-1.98b-1mdk.i586.rpm is not installed


Robert Wideman

try a --rebuilddb and then see if it still says the package is installed. it almost looks like there's something wrong with the script inside the package itself.

Mark

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