yum update -- error: %postun(hal-0.5.7-5.i386) scriptlet failed, exit status 127

[Miles Lane]

On 9/28/06, Jeremy Katz <katzj at redhat.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-09-28 at 17:46 -0700, Miles Lane wrote:
> >   Cleanup   : hal                          ####################### [94/96]
> > /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.89477: line 4: z#fi: command not found
> > error: %postun(hal-0.5.7-5.i386) scriptlet failed, exit status 127
> >   Cleanup   : hal                          ####################### [95/96]
> > /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.75836: line 4: z#fi: command not found
> > error: %postun(hal-0.5.7-6.i386) scriptlet failed, exit status 127
> >   Cleanup   : hal                          ####################### [96/96]
>
> This is a bug in an old rawhide version of hal -- unfortunately, it's in
> the scriptlet, so you have to remove it by hand.
>     rpm -e hal-0.5.7-[56] --justdb
>
> should do the trick

Thanks,
Is this something that should be detected during the installation of a
new hal and fixed automatically?  Is this something that should still
go into the bug database?

      Miles