yum update problem nfs-utils

[Ralf Corsepius]

On Wed, 2007-05-16 at 00:03 -0400, Mail List wrote:
>  Todays yum update had a problem:
> 
> ...
>   Cleanup   : nfs-utils                    ####################### [32/34]
> error: %postun(nfs-utils-1.0.10-7.fc6.i386) scriptlet failed, exit status 1
> 
> And now
> 
> $ rpm -q nfs-utils
> nfs-utils-1.0.10-7.fc6
> nfs-utils-1.0.10-10.fc6
> 
> 
>     So whats the 'right' way to clean up ?
First try
rpm -e nfs-utils-1.0.10-7.fc6

If this doesn't work, try
rpm -e --noscripts nfs-utils-1.0.10-7.fc6

However, more interesting would be to know why nfs-utils's %postun
failed. In most cases this indicates a packaging bug. Also likely are a
screwed-up installation or a bug in yum. 

Ralf