Bug 4901

Summary:	mlocate %pre(mlocate-0.25-1.mga2.i586) scriptlet fails on update, package fails to install
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Stew Benedict <stewbintn>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	Jani Välimaa <jani.valimaa>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal	Keywords:	Triaged
Version:	Cauldron
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	i586
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:	mlocate-0.25-1.mga2.src.rpm	CVE:
Status comment:

Description Stew Benedict 2012-03-12 14:41:17 CET

Description of problem:


installing mlocate-0.25-1.mga2.i586.rpm from /var/cache/urpmi/rpms             
Preparing...                     #############################################
groupmod: group 'mlocate' already exists
error: %pre(mlocate-0.25-1.mga2.i586) scriptlet failed, exit status 9
error: mlocate-0.25-1.mga2.i586: install failed
error: mlocate-0.24-1.mga1.i586: erase skipped

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
mlocate-0.25-1.mga2.src.rpm

How reproducible:
very
workaround: groupdel mlocate

The way I've seen this handled in some packages is to || /bin/true in the groupadd stanza.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. urpmi mlocate in cauldron
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Comment 1 Manuel Hiebel 2012-03-12 14:59:51 CET

Hi, thanks for reporting this bug.
Assigned to the package maintainer.

(Please set the status to 'assigned' if you are working on it)

Keywords: (none) => Triaged
Assignee: bugsquad => jani.valimaa

Comment 2 Jani Välimaa 2012-04-01 19:56:56 CEST

Update fails when both slocate and mlocate group exists. This should be fixed in latest mlocate release.

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => FIXED