Daniel, isn't this "simply" a RPM SPEC bug that needs to be reported in the launchpad bug system and dealt with, rather than just documented as a knowledge base item?
----- Original Message ----- > From: "Daniel Bartholomew" <[email protected]> > To: "Maria Discuss" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, 30 September, 2011 2:25:12 AM > Subject: [Maria-discuss] New KB Question: MariaDB 5.2.x server RPM fails on > upgrades - error: scriptlet failed, exit > status 1 > A new question has been posted to the Knowledgebase: > > MariaDB 5.2.x server RPM fails on upgrades - error: scriptlet failed, > exit status 1 > > http://kb.askmonty.org/en/mariadb-52x-server-rpm-fails-on-upgrades-error-scriptlet-failed-exit-status > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This problem occurs on CentOS 5.5/5.6/6.0 32bit and 64bit from first > time I used MariaDB 5.2.3 all the way to 5.2.9 upgrade. It happens > > 1) via manual RPM upgrade from RPM downloaded at > http://downloads.askmonty.org/mariadb/5.2/#file_type=rpm > > or > > 2) via ourdelta YUM REPO update http://ourdelta.org/centos (yum update > MariaDB*). > > Problem, MariaDB-server-5.2.x RPM updates fails and needs manually > removing previous version MariaDB-server-5.2.x RPM before the new > update installs. > > error > > error: %pre(MariaDB-server-5.2.9-102.el5.x86_64) scriptlet failed, > exit > status 1 > error: install: %pre scriptlet failed (2), skipping > MariaDB-server-5.2.9-102.el5 > > full details below ... (continued in the KB) > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Thanks. > > -- > Daniel Bartholomew > MariaDB - http://mariadb.org > Monty Program - http://montyprogram.com > AskMonty Knowledgebase - http://kb.askmonty.org -- Arjen Lentz, Exec.Director @ Open Query (http://openquery.com) Remote expertise & maintenance for MySQL/MariaDB server environments. Follow us at http://openquery.com/blog/ & http://twitter.com/openquery _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~maria-discuss Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~maria-discuss More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

