Why does RPM/yum still install a package after the %pre script of an RPM it depends on has failed?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • When you are trying to install 2 packages where A depends on B and B has an error in it's %pre script package A is still installed.
  • When installing/updating packages and system conditions trigger errors in the package %pre/%post

The same behaviour is seen when using yum.

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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