Bug 176785

Summary:	Scriptlets do not make sense
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Enrico Scholz <rh-bugzilla>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Dave Jones <davej>
Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE	QA Contact:	Brian Brock <bbrock>
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Description Enrico Scholz 2006-01-02 18:35:45 UTC

of problem:

the %post/%preun scripts contain code like

| [ -x /sbin/new-kernel-pkg ] && /sbin/new-kernel-pkg ...

This statement makes no sense and causes confusion when /sbin/new-kernel-pkg
does not exists. In this case, the entire expression and the scriptlet will fail
silently without telling the reason. Failing scriptlets are a problem because
they can prevent proper package installation/deinstallation.


I suggest to write either

| [ ! -x /sbin/new-kernel-pkg ] || /sbin/new-kernel-pkg

or omit the [ ... ] completely (which would tell the reason why the scriptlet
fails).


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

kernel-2.6.14-1.1696_FC5

Comment 1 Dave Jones 2006-01-03 05:03:14 UTC

removed in cvs.