Description of problem: In start() function of /etc/rc.d/init.d/rpcbind script there is the following: # Check that networking is up. [ "$NETWORKING" = "no" ] || exit 6 So with $NETWORKING set to "yes", as you would expect this terminated with a status 6 and no daemon is started. You likely intended "&&" instead of "||". Does any other value but "no" indeed guarantees that networking is up? What about "NO", for example, no empty? It looks like that as a side effect this is causing also non-zero status from rpm while removing rpcbind-0.1.4-8.fc8 so one ends up with a duplicate. A subsequent 'rpm -e rpcbind-0.1.4-8.fc8' succeeds as rpcbind is not running anymore. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): rpcbind-0.1.4-9.fc8
This has already been fixed and you can find it at the below URL until the fix hits rawhide... http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=21252
Fixed in rpcbind-0.1.4-10.fc8
*** Bug 335751 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 337451 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Based on the date this bug was created, it appears to have been reported during the development of Fedora 8. In order to refocus our efforts as a project we are changing the version of this bug to '8'. If this bug still exists in rawhide, please change the version back to rawhide. (If you're unable to change the bug's version, add a comment to the bug and someone will change it for you.) Thanks for your help and we apologize for the interruption. The process we're following is outlined here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/F9CleanUp We will be following the process here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping to ensure this doesn't happen again.