latest php have bug or kernel-smp-2.6.14-1.1749_FC5 script bug

[Anne & Lynn Wheeler]

this showed up after updating development php today ... is this a
incompatibility issue with latest php ... or a bug in new php?

error: %pre(kernel-smp-2.6.14-1.1749_FC5.i686) scriptlet failed, exit
status 255
error:   install: %pre scriptlet failed (2), skipping
kernel-smp-2.6.14-1.1749_FC5

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note that the scriptlet failed, exit status 255 is starting to show up
with other updates also ... not just kernel-smp