Description of Problem: Specific problem, and a general problem with poor quality of error messages that leave the user with absolutely no clue what might be wrong or where to look next. [root@beermat rawhide]# rpm -Uvh ggv-1.0.2-7.i386.rpm glade-0.6.4-4.i386.rpm glade2-1.1.0-5.i386.rpm gnome-applets-2.0.0-5.i386.rpm gnome-session-2.0.0-2.i386.rpm Preparing... ########################################### [100%] 1:gnome-session ########################################### [ 20%] 2:ggv ########################################### [ 40%] 3:glade ########################################### [ 60%] 4:glade2 ########################################### [ 80%] 5:gnome-applets ########################################### [100%] Could not create database. Aborting update. [root@beermat rawhide]# Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): rpm-4.1-0.26 How Reproducible: Seems to occur with multiple gnome packages. i.e. this may be a gnome problem rather than an rpm problem Steps to Reproduce: (different example) 1. rpm -Uvh nautilus-1.1.19-4.i386.rpm 2. 3. Actual Results: Preparing... ########################################### [100%] 1:nautilus ########################################### [100%] Could not create database. Aborting update. Expected Results: No error, or a more useful error message. Additional Information:
This isn't an rpm error. Off to nautilus ...
It's scrollkeeper. But fixed in rawhide.
Confirming that the specific problem has gone with scrollkeeper-0.3.9-2 Now how about the more general problem of poor error messages? Why didn't this error message indicate that it was scrollkeeper that was having the problem?