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When removing a package that puts files in /usr/lib/opt (Brave, Chromium), rum does not properly remove the symlink located in /opt

Reported by dnkmmr69420
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September 14, 2026 2:10 PM

This is what happens when installing `brave-browser` where rum doesn't know how replace the broken symlink `/opt/brave.com`


sudo rum install brave-browser
Updating and loading repositories:
Repositories loaded.
Package       Arch   Version      Repository      Size
Installing:
 brave-browser x86_64 0:1.95.101-1 rakuos     143.2 MiB
Transaction Summary:
 Installing:          1 package

After this operation, 462.2 MiB will be used.

Is this ok [y/N]: y
Importing GPG key for repo 'terra': file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-terra44
Downloading Packages:
[1/1] brave-browser-1.95.101-1.x86_64.rpm 100% | 28.0 MiB/s |  143.2 MiB | 00m05s
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[1/1] Total                               100% | 27.1 MiB/s |  143.2 MiB | 00m05s
Verifying package signatures...
Running transaction
Verifying...
Preparing...
Updating / installing...
[1/1] Installing brave-browser-1.95.101-1.x86_64 100% |  1.3 GiB/s |  462.2 MiB | 00m00s
warning: rpm exited with exit status: 1 (a package scriptlet failed) — all 1 package(s) were installed; continuing
  Regenerated cache: update-desktop-database /usr/share/applications
Complete!


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