On óÂÔ, 2002-01-19 at 00:30, Borsenkow Andrej wrote:
> {pts/1}%  LC_TIME=en rpm -q --changelog grpmi | less
> 
> ...
> 
> * Wed Oct 25 2000 DindinX <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 7.2-17mdk
> 
> - Use the DURING_INSTALL environment variable to avoid ldconfig
>   and update-menus to be launch several times.
> 
> Unfortunately the real effect was that postinstall (and I guess
> preinstall) scripts were NEVER executed. Not only for kernel but for ANY
> package whatever.
> 
> More than a year ...
> 

That means that installing via Software manager (or X mode of urpmi) may
result in arbitrary problems due to scripts not being run.

I believe Mandrake should

- issue advisory to *not* use Software Manager to install software
- release update ASAP 

-andrej

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