Paul A. Rombouts wrote:

>> Er:
>> 15:05 [summer@numbat ~]$ sudo rpm -Fvh 
>> /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/seamonkey-1.1.2-1.i386.rpm 
>> /usr/src/re                        
>> dhat/RPMS/i386/seamonkey-mail-1.1.2-1.i386.rpm 
>> /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/seamonkey-chat-1.1.2-1.i386.rp                
>> m /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/seamonkey-js-debugger-1.1.2-1.i386.rpm 
>> /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/seamonkey- dom-inspector-1.1.2-1.i386.rpm
>> Password:
>> Preparing...                
>> ########################################### [100%]
>>    1:seamonkey              
>> ########################################### [ 50%]
>> error: %post(seamonkey-1.1.2-1.i386) scriptlet failed, exit status 255
>>    2:seamonkey-mail         
>> ########################################### [100%]
>> error: %post(seamonkey-mail-1.1.2-1.i386) scriptlet failed, exit 
>> status 255
>> error: %preun(seamonkey-1.0.8-0.2.el4.i386) scriptlet failed, exit 
>> status 255
>> 15:05 [summer@numbat ~]$
> 
> 
> I am not exactly sure what is causing the rpm scriplets to fail in your 
I presume that means you're as clueless as I am:-)


> case, but I recommend first completely uninstalling (using rpm -e) all 
> the old seamonkey packages before installing the new ones.

I don't particularly like unsolved mysteries, but this is certainly 
worth a try.

Later, when I'm not using it to read my email.

> 
> There are some important differences between the way seamonkey is 
> packaged in RHEL4 and in the rpms available from releases.mozilla.org.
> For instance, in RHEL4 seamonkey is split into 10 packages:
> 
>   seamonkey
>   seamonkey-chat
>   seamonkey-devel
>   seamonkey-dom-inspector
>   seamonkey-js-debugger
>   seamonkey-mail
>   seamonkey-nspr
>   seamonkey-nspr-devel
>   seamonkey-nss
>   seamonkey-nss-devel
> 
> The src rpm from releases.mozilla.org builds into only 5 binary packages:
> 
>   seamonkey
>   seamonkey-chat
>   seamonkey-dom-inspector
>   seamonkey-js-debugger
>   seamonkey-mail
> 
> Thus if you use "rpm -U" or "rpm -F" to upgrade, you will not get rid of 
> all the old RHEL4 packages if you do not uninstall them first.
> 
> 


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Cheers
John

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