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Description of problem:
due to some selinux problem, rpm scriplets do not execute for me: 
 
 
============================================================================= 
 Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size 
============================================================================= 
Updating: 
 openssh-server          x86_64     4.0p1-3          development-loca  222 k 
 
Transaction Summary 
============================================================================= 
Install      0 Package(s) 
Update       1 Package(s) 
Remove       0 Package(s) 
Total download size: 222 k 
Is this ok [y/N]: y 
Downloading Packages: 
Running Transaction Test 
Finished Transaction Test 
Transaction Test Succeeded 
Running Transaction 
error: %pre(openssh-server-4.0p1-3.x86_64) scriptlet failed, exit status 255 
error:   install: %pre scriptlet failed (2), skipping openssh-server-4.0p1-3 
 
Updated: openssh-server.x86_64 0:4.0p1-3 
Complete! 
 
but yum says the package has been updated, while it was not: 
 
[avi@blast ~]$ rpm -q openssh-server 
openssh-server-4.0p1-2 
 
this misreporting is confusing and potentially dangerous 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
yum-2.3.2-2

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. update a package that fails its pre-install script  
  

Actual Results:  yum reported the package as updated   

Expected Results:  yum should have warned that the package was not updated 

Additional info: