removing an RPM with bad %postun script

[dsollen]

hello,

I am working on creating an RPM and I made a small mistake in the %postun script of the rpm which causes the script to fail. I installed the rpm without realizing and now when I try to erase the rpm the %postun script runs, fails, and prevents the uninstall from completing. I can't install over the old RPM with the corrected new one or I get two packages (old and new).

so I need a way to get rid of the rpm. I don't care if it dose the proper uninstall routine, I'm just going to be reinstalling anyways. I just want a way to ensure that redhat only thinks i have the new good RPM installed. Any suggestions?

[ndye]

I doubt you still need this, but someone else might find this useful:

Running 'rpm -e --noscripts yourPackage' should remove the rpm, although this will skip both %preun and %postun.

But a hacker of rpm's knows how to fix any damage.