Bug 159008

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Description of problem:
If package A requires package B, and both are installed, and you attempt to remove both at once using rpm --erase, and A's preun script fails, B will still be removed, which leaves A installed and B not installed.  Since A requires B, this situation should not occur.

As an example, on RHEL 4AS, there are several packages that depend on metacity, one of which is firstboot.  If you use rpm --erase to remove these packages all at once, metacity's removal will succeed, but firstboot's preun scriptlet fails.  At the end of the transaction, metacity has been removed, but firstboot remains.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
rpm-4.3.3-7_nonptl

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. On a stock RHEL 4AS install, run the following command as root: rpm --erase gnome-volume-manager gnome-session control-center system-config-display firstboot metacity
2. Run the following command: rpm -q firstboot metacity

  

Actual Results:  During step 1, firstboot's preun script failed.  Step 2 returned the following output:

firstboot-1.3.39-2
package metacity is not installed

Expected Results:  RPM should have attempted to uninstall firstboot BEFORE uninstalling metacity.  Since firstboot could not successfully be removed, RPM should have refused to remove metacity.

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