Yum error with "runuser" not found

[Timothy Murphy]

When she is good,  she is very, very good
But when she is bad, she is awful.

That is what I feel about yum.
If it works it is great.
But if it doesn't work there usually seems to be nothing you can do about it,
eg the current message

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Restarting Dependency Process with new changes
Error: missing dep: /bin/runuser for pkg initscripts
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What is one meant to do when you get this error message?

Could one remove the initscripts header file?
Is there any way to ask yum just to forget about initscripts,
and install whatever it can install?
Why does it bomb out when it cannot install one package?

Could the error messages put out by yum not be a little more helpful,
and suggest what action the user might take?


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Timothy Murphy  
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