Description of problem: yum update of kde-settings-kdm fails with: Cleanup : gstreamer1-plugins-good-1.0.8-1.fc19.x86_64 31/50 Cleanup : kde-settings-19-23.fc19.noarch 32/50 Cleanup : qt-settings-19-23.fc19.noarch 33/50 /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.E7drRt: line 1: fg: no job control error: %preun(kde-settings-kdm-19-23.fc19.noarch) scriptlet failed, exit status 1 Error in PREUN scriptlet in rpm package kde-settings-kdm-19-23.fc19.noarch error: kde-settings-kdm-19-23.fc19.noarch: erase failed ... Failed: kde-settings-kdm.noarch 0:19-23.fc19 Complete! Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Don't know except to do yum update. Steps to Reproduce: 1. yum update 2. 3. Actual results: Failure as above Expected results: No failure. Additional info: $ rpm -qa|grep kde kde-workspace-4.10.5-3.fc19.x86_64 kdelibs3-3.5.10-53.fc19.x86_64 kde-baseapps-libs-4.10.5-1.fc19.x86_64 kdenetwork-krfb-4.10.5-3.fc19.x86_64 kdeplasma-addons-libs-4.10.5-1.fc19.x86_64 kdegraphics-strigi-analyzer-4.10.5-1.fc19.x86_64 kde-plasma-yawp-0.4.5-1.fc19.x86_64 kde-plasma-networkmanagement-libs-0.9.0.9-1.fc19.x86_64 polkit-kde-0.99.1-1.20130311git.fc19.x86_64 kdepimlibs-akonadi-4.10.5-1.fc19.x86_64 kdegames-minimal-4.10.5-1.fc19.noarch kdenetwork-kget-4.10.5-3.fc19.x86_64 kdepim-libs-4.10.5-1.fc19.x86_64 pykde4-4.10.5-1.fc19.x86_64 kdenetwork-krfb-libs-4.10.5-3.fc19.x86_64 kde-runtime-drkonqi-4.10.5-1.fc19.x86_64 kde-settings-kdm-19-23.fc19.noarch kde-settings-ksplash-19-23.1.fc19.noarch kde-workspace-libs-4.10.5-3.fc19.x86_64 kdelibs-4.10.5-1.fc19.x86_64 kde-runtime-4.10.5-1.fc19.x86_64 kde-plasma-networkmanagement-pptp-0.9.0.9-1.fc19.x86_64 spherical-cow-backgrounds-kde-18.0.0-2.fc19.noarch kde-plasma-networkmanagement-0.9.0.9-1.fc19.x86_64 kde-plasma-networkmanagement-openvpn-0.9.0.9-1.fc19.x86_64 kde-settings-plasma-19-23.1.fc19.noarch kdelibs-common-4.10.5-1.fc19.x86_64 kdenetwork-krdc-4.10.5-3.fc19.x86_64 kde-runtime-flags-4.10.5-1.fc19.noarch kdepim-4.10.5-1.fc19.x86_64 kdenetwork-kdnssd-4.10.5-3.fc19.x86_64 kdeaccessibility-4.10.5-1.fc19.noarch xsettings-kde-0.12.3-5.fc19.x86_64 kdepimlibs-4.10.5-1.fc19.x86_64 kdenetwork-common-4.10.5-3.fc19.noarch kdenetwork-kget-libs-4.10.5-3.fc19.x86_64 kdepim-runtime-libs-4.10.5-1.fc19.x86_64 kde-baseapps-4.10.5-1.fc19.x86_64 kde-print-manager-4.10.5-1.fc19.x86_64 schroedinger-cat-kde-theme-18.91.5-1.fc19.noarch kde-filesystem-4-45.fc19.x86_64 spherical-cow-kde-theme-18.0.2-1.fc19.noarch libkdegames-4.10.5-1.fc19.x86_64 kdepimlibs-kxmlrpcclient-4.10.5-1.fc19.x86_64 kdepim-runtime-4.10.5-1.fc19.x86_64 kdeartwork-kxs-4.10.5-1.fc19.x86_64 kdeartwork-screensavers-4.10.5-1.fc19.x86_64 kdegames-4.10.5-1.fc19.noarch kde-settings-19-23.1.fc19.noarch lockdev-1.0.4-0.7.20111007git.fc19.x86_64 kde-plasma-networkmanagement-openconnect-0.9.0.9-1.fc19.x86_64 kde-settings-kdm-19-23.1.fc19.noarch schroedinger-cat-backgrounds-kde-18.91.0-1.fc19.noarch kdeplasma-addons-4.10.5-1.fc19.x86_64 libreoffice-kde-4.1.0.4-5.fc19.x86_64 kde-plasma-networkmanagement-vpnc-0.9.0.9-1.fc19.x86_64 kde-settings-pulseaudio-19-23.1.fc19.noarch kdenetwork-krdc-libs-4.10.5-3.fc19.x86_64 kde-runtime-libs-4.10.5-1.fc19.x86_64 kdegraphics-thumbnailers-4.10.5-1.fc19.x86_64
Me too. And I notice that rpm -q kde-settings-kdm now shows I have two versions installed: tomh> rpm -q kde-settings-kdm kde-settings-kdm-19-23.fc19.noarch kde-settings-kdm-19-23.1.fc19.noarch More details in: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/users/2013-August/439470.html
Icky, I'll try to find out if there's anything packaging-wise we can do to help get us out of the mess. Otherwise, it looks like the only alternative may be to do: rpm -e --noscripts kde-settings-kdm-19-23.fc19.noarch
The actual issue was already fixed, but ironically the fix only triggers the bug. (The only way to avoid triggering the bug would have been to never update kde-settings again, not really a maintainable option either.) I don't think there's anything we can do. This sucks because the broken package slipped into F19 GA, so basically everyone with a fresh install of F19 will run into this. (The only way to completely avoid it is to install F18 instead and upgrade from there.) You need to: rpm -e --noscripts kde-settings-kdm-19-23.fc19 IMHO, we should add this to the common F19 bugs. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 989145 ***
And maybe add uninstalling and/or upgrading to the tests that rpms must pass before they are released?