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Bug 1656801 - `dnf update`: "Errors occurred during transaction" due to POSTUN scriptlet failures
Summary: `dnf update`: "Errors occurred during transaction" due to POSTUN scriptlet f...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Classification: Red Hat
Component: dnf
Version: 8.0
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
low
unspecified
Target Milestone: rc
: 8.0
Assignee: Pavla Kratochvilova
QA Contact: Karel Srot
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On: 1681084
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2018-12-06 11:13 UTC by Kashyap Chamarthy
Modified: 2023-09-14 04:43 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version: dnf-4.2.7-3.el8
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Last Closed: 2019-11-05 22:20:50 UTC
Type: Bug
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dnf.log (455.90 KB, text/plain)
2018-12-06 11:17 UTC, Kashyap Chamarthy 		no flags Details
dnf.rpm.log (117.64 KB, text/plain)
2018-12-06 11:17 UTC, Kashyap Chamarthy 		no flags Details
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2019:3583 0 None None None 2019-11-05 22:21:04 UTC

Description Kashyap Chamarthy 2018-12-06 11:13:20 UTC 
Running `dnf update` on a RHEL-8 guest (installed from the 
'nightly-1590', built on 07SEP2018) results in the transaction itself
succeeding, but throws: "Errors occurred during transaction" on the
shell.

From the /var/log/dnf.log (full log in the attachment):

    [...]
    2018-12-06T09:39:58Z SUBDEBUG
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dnf/cli/main.py", line 64, in main
        return _main(base, args, cli_class, option_parser_class)
      File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dnf/cli/main.py", line 99, in _main
        return cli_run(cli, base)
      File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dnf/cli/main.py", line 123, in cli_run
        ret = resolving(cli, base)
      File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dnf/cli/main.py", line 154, in resolving
        base.do_transaction(display=displays)
      File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dnf/cli/cli.py", line 249, in do_transaction
        for tsi in trans:
    dnf.exceptions.Error: Transaction failed
    2018-12-06T09:39:58Z CRITICAL Error: Transaction failed
    [...]

And from the /var/log/dnf.rpm.log (full log in the attachment):

    [...]
    2018-12-06T09:37:05Z ERROR Error in POSTUN scriptlet in rpm package bind-export-libs
    2018-12-06T09:37:05Z ERROR Error in POSTUN scriptlet in rpm package bind-export-libs
    [...]

When I say "transaction itself succeeded, I mean the subsequent runs of 
`dnf clean all` && `dnf update` do _not_ result in any failures.

So there doesn't seem to be any real underlying error.  But talking to
Jaroslav Mracek on IRC, he says that the exception is being raised in 
the incorrect place, and suggested to file this bug.
Comment 1 Kashyap Chamarthy 2018-12-06 11:17:01 UTC 
Created attachment 1512054 [details]
dnf.log
Comment 2 Kashyap Chamarthy 2018-12-06 11:17:33 UTC 
Created attachment 1512055 [details]
dnf.rpm.log
Comment 4 Jaroslav Mracek 2018-12-10 08:33:46 UTC 
Additionally there is in dnf.rpm.log:
2018-12-06T09:36:17Z ERROR Error unpacking rpm package yum-4.0.9-1.el8.noarch
2018-12-06T09:36:17Z ERROR Error unpacking rpm package yum-4.0.9-1.el8.noarch
Comment 6 Pavla Kratochvilova 2019-06-27 08:31:17 UTC 
I believe the problem in this case is that the transaction appears as successful (exits with 0) even when it actually failed. It should be already fixed in upstream by commit: https://github.com/rpm-software-management/dnf/commit/94a074b9747a437c478e388dc76ed90d06d8a666
Comment 16 errata-xmlrpc 2019-11-05 22:20:50 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3583
Comment 17 Red Hat Bugzilla 2023-09-14 04:43:26 UTC 
The needinfo request[s] on this closed bug have been removed as they have been unresolved for 1000 days
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