Unable to update flatpak package and it failed with "error: Plugin selinux: hook fsm_file_prepare failed"
Issue
- During system update the flatpack package failed to upgrade with below error.
error: Plugin selinux: hook fsm_file_prepare failed
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- Same issue gets reproducible even after uninstalling existing flatpak package and re-installing it.
Error unpacking rpm package flatpak-1.10.7-1.el9.x86_64
Upgrading : python3-libcomps-0.1.18-1.el9.x86_64 320/902
error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/libexec/flatpak-system-helper;61fe3cc4: cpio: (error 0x2)
error: flatpak-1.10.7-1.el9.x86_64: install failed
*****
Running transaction
Preparing : 1/1
Running scriptlet: flatpak-1.10.7-1.el9.x86_64 1/2
Upgrading : flatpak-1.10.7-1.el9.x86_64 1/2
error: lsetfilecon: (/usr/libexec/flatpak-system-helper;61fea86c, system_u:object_r:flatpak_helper_exec_t:s0) Invalid argument
error: Plugin selinux: hook fsm_file_prepare failed
Failed:
flatpak-1.10.2-6.el9.x86_64 flatpak-1.10.7-1.el9.x86_64
Error: Transaction failed
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Beta
flatpak
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