The rpcbind package installation fails with "error: %prein(rpcbind-1.2.5-7.el8.x86_64) scriptlet failed, exit status 1"

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Issue

  • The rpcbind package installation fails with the following error :

    # yum install rpcbind
    Updating Subscription Management repositories.
    Red Hat Satellite Tools 6.9 for RHEL 8 x86_64 (RPMs)                                                                                     33 kB/s | 2.1 kB     00:00
    Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.9 for RHEL 8 x86_64 (RPMs)                                                                                      46 kB/s | 2.4 kB     00:00
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 for x86_64 - Supplementary (RPMs)                                                                             43 kB/s | 2.1 kB     00:00
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 for x86_64 - BaseOS (RPMs)                                                                                    41 kB/s | 2.4 kB     00:00
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 for x86_64 - AppStream (RPMs)                                                                                 54 kB/s | 2.8 kB     00:00
    Dependencies resolved.
    ===============================================================================
    Package                           Architecture                     Version                               Repository                                               Size
    ===============================================================================
    Installing:
    rpcbind                           x86_64                           1.2.5-7.el8                           rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms                            70 k
    
    Transaction Summary
    =================================================================================
    Install  1 Package
    
    Total download size: 70 k
    Installed size: 108 k
    Is this ok [y/N]: Y
    Downloading Packages:
    rpcbind-1.2.5-7.el8.x86_64.rpm                                                                                                          1.3 MB/s |  70 kB     00:00
    ==================================================================================
    Total                                                                                                                                   1.3 MB/s |  70 kB     00:00
    Running transaction check
    Transaction check succeeded.
    Running transaction test
    Transaction test succeeded.
    Running transaction
     Preparing        :                                                                                                                                                1/1
     Running scriptlet: rpcbind-1.2.5-7.el8.x86_64                                                                                                                     1/1
    error: %prein(rpcbind-1.2.5-7.el8.x86_64) scriptlet failed, exit status 1
    
    Error in PREIN scriptlet in rpm package rpcbind
     Verifying        : rpcbind-1.2.5-7.el8.x86_64                                                                                                                     1/1
    Installed products updated.
    
    Failed:
     rpcbind-1.2.5-7.el8.x86_64
    
    Error: Transaction failed
    

Environment

  • RHEL 8
  • rpcbind-1.2.5-7.el8.x86_64

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