Update for man-db 2.7.5-3.fc25 fails [closed]

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This is strange. The script reads:

preinstall scriptlet (using /bin/sh):
if [ -e /usr/lib/systemd/system/mandb.timer ]; then
  if test -d /run/systemd; then
        systemctl stop man-db.timer
        systemctl -q disable man-db.timer
  fi
fi

Which means, if mandb.timer does not exist then the script would do nothing. If it doe exist, then it should be loaded and it should be possible to run the systemctl -q disable man-db.timer command.

Do run:

systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl status mandb.timer
systemctl disable man-db.timer

And see what you get. If worse comes to worse, you can always remove the file /usr/lib/systemd/system/mandb.timer, and try to update again.

It seems that it had been desided not to have a mandb.timer service any more and instead use cron.daily. This is provided by the package man-db-cron.