Bug 481468

Summary:	Could not uninstall / erase nethack-3.4.3-18.fc10.x86_64 package
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	András Szilárd <andras.szilard>
Component:	nethack	Assignee:	Luke Macken <lmacken>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Priority:	low
Version:	10	CC:	lmacken, pfrields
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Description András Szilárd 2009-01-25 09:50:53 UTC

Description of problem:
Could not uninstall nethack.

# yum erase nethack-3.4.3-18.fc10.x86_64
[...]
Running Transaction
rm: cannot remove `/etc/X11/fontpath.d/nethack': No such file or directory
rm: cannot remove `/usr/games/nethack-3.4.3/fonts/fonts.dir': No such file or directory
====================================================================== Leaving rpm code ======================================================================

Removed:
  nethack.x86_64 0:3.4.3-18.fc10                                                                                                                              

Complete!

But, the package was not really removed.

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

$ rpm -qi nethack-3.4.3-18.fc10.x86_64
Name        : nethack                      Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version     : 3.4.3                             Vendor: Fedora Project
Release     : 18.fc10                       Build Date: Mon 11 Aug 2008 08:55:47 PM CEST
Install Date: Fri 28 Nov 2008 08:51:49 PM CET      Build Host: x86-5
Group       : Amusements/Games              Source RPM: nethack-3.4.3-18.fc10.src.rpm
Size        : 5827973                          License: NGPL
Signature   : DSA/SHA1, Wed 29 Oct 2008 05:14:18 AM CET, Key ID bf226fcc4ebfc273
Packager    : Fedora Project
URL         : http://nethack.org
Summary     : A rogue-like single player dungeon exploration game

How reproducible:
always

Workaround:
# touch /etc/X11/fontpath.d/nethack
# touch /usr/games/nethack-3.4.3/fonts/fonts.dir
# yum erase nethack-3.4.3-18.fc10.x86_64
[...]
Running Transaction
  Erasing        : nethack                                                                                                                                1/1 
====================================================================== Leaving rpm code ======================================================================

Removed:
  nethack.x86_64 0:3.4.3-18.fc10                                                                                                                              

Complete!

Comment 1 András Szilárd 2009-01-25 10:27:07 UTC

Sorry for the inconvenience caused, an other package must be responsible for this fault. Unfortunately, I am not sure which.
Installing, and right after removing the nethack package works.