When trying to do a yum update on F20 x86_64 on 19 Jan 2014 I get errors for a few packages. Did a yum clean all with same result [rsriniva@valhalla ~]$ sudo yum update Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks, refresh-packagekit adobe-linux-i386 | 951 B 00:00:00 adobe-linux-x86_64 | 951 B 00:00:00 fedora/20/x86_64/metalink | 7.4 kB 00:00:00 fedora | 3.8 kB 00:00:00 google-chrome | 951 B 00:00:00 google-talkplugin | 951 B 00:00:00 rpmfusion-free | 3.3 kB 00:00:00 rpmfusion-free-updates | 3.3 kB 00:00:00 rpmfusion-nonfree | 3.3 kB 00:00:00 rpmfusion-nonfree-updates | 3.3 kB 00:00:00 updates/20/x86_64/metalink | 5.4 kB 00:00:00 updates | 4.6 kB 00:00:00 (1/4): updates/20/x86_64/group_gz | 394 kB 00:00:05 (2/4): fedora/20/x86_64/group_gz | 394 kB 00:00:19 (3/4): updates/20/x86_64/primary_db | 6.6 MB 00:00:49 (4/4): fedora/20/x86_64/primary_db | 18 MB 00:01:05 (1/14): google-chrome/primary | 1.9 kB 00:00:00 (2/14): google-talkplugin/primary | 1.5 kB 00:00:00 (3/14): rpmfusion-free/20/x86_64/group_gz | 1.6 kB 00:00:00 (4/14): adobe-linux-x86_64/primary | 1.2 kB 00:00:00 (5/14): rpmfusion-free-updates/20/x86_64/group_gz | 1.6 kB 00:00:00 (6/14): adobe-linux-i386/primary | 1.2 kB 00:00:01 (7/14): rpmfusion-nonfree/20/x86_64/group_gz | 1.0 kB 00:00:00 (8/14): rpmfusion-nonfree-updates/20/x86_64/group_gz | 1.0 kB 00:00:00 (9/14): rpmfusion-free/20/x86_64/primary_db | 445 kB 00:00:01 (10/14): rpmfusion-free-updates/20/x86_64/primary_db | 103 kB 00:00:01 (11/14): rpmfusion-nonfree/20/x86_64/primary_db | 137 kB 00:00:01 (12/14): rpmfusion-nonfree-updates/20/x86_64/primary_db | 33 kB 00:00:01 (13/14): updates/20/x86_64/updateinfo | 554 kB 00:00:04 (14/14): updates/20/x86_64/pkgtags | 775 kB 00:00:06 Determining fastest mirrors * fedora: mirror.cse.iitk.ac.in * rpmfusion-free: mirror.cse.iitk.ac.in * rpmfusion-free-updates: mirror.cse.iitk.ac.in * rpmfusion-nonfree: mirror.cse.iitk.ac.in * rpmfusion-nonfree-updates: mirror.cse.iitk.ac.in * updates: mirror.cse.iitk.ac.in adobe-linux-i386 2/2 adobe-linux-x86_64 2/2 google-chrome 3/3 google-talkplugin 1/1 Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package initscripts.x86_64 0:9.50-1.fc20 will be updated ---> Package initscripts.x86_64 0:9.51-1.fc20 will be an update ---> Package selinux-policy-targeted.noarch 0:3.12.1-116.fc20 will be updated ---> Package selinux-policy-targeted.noarch 0:3.12.1-117.fc20 will be an update ---> Package tcpdump.x86_64 14:4.5.0-1.20131108gitb07944a.fc20 will be updated ---> Package tcpdump.x86_64 14:4.5.1-1.fc20 will be an update --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================== Package Arch Version Repository Size ============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================== Updating: initscripts x86_64 9.51-1.fc20 updates 414 k selinux-policy-targeted noarch 3.12.1-117.fc20 updates 3.6 M tcpdump x86_64 14:4.5.1-1.fc20 updates 387 k Transaction Summary ============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================== Upgrade 3 Packages Total download size: 4.4 M Is this ok [y/d/N]: y Is this ok [y/d/N]: y Downloading packages: updates/20/x86_64/prestodelta | 1.2 MB 00:00:05 Delta RPMs reduced 414 k of updates to 194 k (53% saved) (1/3): initscripts-9.50-1.fc20_9.51-1.fc20.x86_64.drpm | 194 kB 00:00:02 (2/3): tcpdump-4.5.1-1.fc20.x86_64.rpm | 387 kB 00:00:02 (3/3): selinux-policy-targeted-3.12.1-117.fc20.noarch.rpm | 3.6 MB 00:00:25 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 170 kB/s | 4.2 MB 00:00:25 Running transaction check Running transaction test Transaction test succeeded Running transaction error: %pre(tcpdump-14:4.5.1-1.fc20.x86_64) scriptlet failed, exit status 127 Error in PREIN scriptlet in rpm package 14:tcpdump-4.5.1-1.fc20.x86_64 error: tcpdump-14:4.5.1-1.fc20.x86_64: install failed error: %pre(initscripts-9.51-1.fc20.x86_64) scriptlet failed, exit status 127 Error in PREIN scriptlet in rpm package initscripts-9.51-1.fc20.x86_64 error: initscripts-9.51-1.fc20.x86_64: install failed error: %pre(selinux-policy-targeted-3.12.1-117.fc20.noarch) scriptlet failed, exit status 127 Error in PREIN scriptlet in rpm package selinux-policy-targeted-3.12.1-117.fc20.noarch Verifying : selinux-policy-targeted-3.12.1-117.fc20.noarch 1/6 selinux-policy-targeted-3.12.1-116.fc20.noarch was supposed to be removed but is not! Verifying : selinux-policy-targeted-3.12.1-116.fc20.noarch 2/6 initscripts-9.50-1.fc20.x86_64 was supposed to be removed but is not! Verifying : initscripts-9.50-1.fc20.x86_64 3/6 Verifying : initscripts-9.51-1.fc20.x86_64 4/6 14:tcpdump-4.5.0-1.20131108gitb07944a.fc20.x86_64 was supposed to be removed but is not! Verifying : 14:tcpdump-4.5.0-1.20131108gitb07944a.fc20.x86_64 5/6 Verifying : 14:tcpdump-4.5.1-1.fc20.x86_64 6/6 Failed: initscripts.x86_64 0:9.50-1.fc20 initscripts.x86_64 0:9.51-1.fc20 selinux-policy-targeted.noarch 0:3.12.1-116.fc20 selinux-policy-targeted.noarch 0:3.12.1-117.fc20 tcpdump.x86_64 14:4.5.0-1.20131108gitb07944a.fc20 tcpdump.x86_64 14:4.5.1-1.fc20 Complete!
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F20_bugs#RPM_scriptlets_fail_during_updates *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1054350 ***