Post install scriptlet for alsa-utils failed

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dnf upgrade updated package alsa-utils, then tried to run a scriptlet that failed. I have no idea what to do about it, as it all seems to be failed attempts to connect to email addresses, or something.

I found the error messages in /var/log/dnf.rpm.log

2020-07-10T22:33:20Z SUBDEBUG Upgraded: alsa-utils-1.2.3-3.fc32.x86_64
2020-07-10T22:33:20Z INFO Warning: The unit file, source configuration file or drop-ins of alsa-state.service changed on disk. Run 'systemctl daemon-reload' to reload units.
/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.zZXtnM: line 9: fg: no job control
/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.zZXtnM: line 10: perex@perex.cz: No such file or directory
/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.zZXtnM: line 11: bin: command not found
/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.zZXtnM: line 13: perex@perex.cz: No such file or directory
/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.zZXtnM: line 14: bin: command not found
/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.zZXtnM: line 16: releng@fedoraproject.org: No such file or directory
/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.zZXtnM: line 17: -: command not found
/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.zZXtnM: line 19: perex@perex.cz: No such file or directory
/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.zZXtnM: line 20: -: command not found
/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.zZXtnM: line 22: releng@fedoraproject.org: No such file or directory
/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.zZXtnM: line 23: -: command not found
/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.zZXtnM: line 25: perex@perex.cz: No such file or directory
/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.zZXtnM: line 26: -: command not found
/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.zZXtnM: line 28: releng@fedoraproject.org: No such file or directory
/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.zZXtnM: line 29: -: command not found
/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.zZXtnM: line 31: perex@perex.cz: No such file or directory
/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.zZXtnM: line 32: -: command not found
/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.zZXtnM: line 34: perex@perex.cz: No such file or directory
/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.zZXtnM: line 35: -: command not found
/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.zZXtnM: line 36: -: command not found
/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.zZXtnM: line 37: -: command not found
/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.zZXtnM: line 39: perex@perex.cz: No such file or directory
/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.zZXtnM: line 40: -: command not found
/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.zZXtnM: line 42: releng@fedoraproject.org: No such file or directory
/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.zZXtnM: line 43: -: command not found
/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.zZXtnM: line 45: perex@perex.cz: No such file or directory
/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.zZXtnM: line 46: -: command not found
/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.zZXtnM: line 48: releng@fedoraproject.org: No such file or directory
/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.zZXtnM: line 49: -: command not found
/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.zZXtnM: line 51: perex@perex.cz: No such file or directory
/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.zZXtnM: line 52: -: command not found
/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.zZXtnM: line 54: releng@fedoraproject.org: No such file or directory
/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.zZXtnM: line 55: -: command not found
/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.zZXtnM: line 57: releng@fedoraproject.org: No such file or directory
/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.zZXtnM: line 58: -: command not found
/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.zZXtnM: line 60: perex@perex.cz: No such file or directory
/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.zZXtnM: line 61: -: command not found
/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.zZXtnM: line 63: releng@fedoraproject.org: No such file or directory
/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.zZXtnM: line 64: -: command not found
/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.zZXtnM: line 66: perex@perex.cz: No such file or directory
/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.zZXtnM: line 67: -: command not found
/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.zZXtnM: line 69: perex@perex.cz: No such file or directory
/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.zZXtnM: line 70: -: command not found
/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.zZXtnM: line 72: perex@perex.cz: No such file or directory
/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.zZXtnM: line 73: -: command not found
/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.zZXtnM: line 74: syntax error near unexpected token `('
/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.zZXtnM: line 74: `- Renamed bat to alsabat (according 1.1.1)'
warning: %postun(alsa-utils-1.2.3-3.fc32.x86_64) scriptlet failed, exit status 2

2020-07-10T22:33:21Z ERROR Error in POSTUN scriptlet in rpm package alsa-utils
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It appears to be running lines from the rpm’s changelog. I would report a bug as that’s clearly not intended behaviour.

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I agree, there is clearly something wrong with the scriptlet. Thank you.

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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1855977

Later:

My bug (and several others) were closed and marked as a duplicate of bug 1853731, which is also closed: “Note for reporters: The errors are from the postun script from the old package alsa-utils-1.2.3-3 which cannot be fixed (no way to do this - it’s already installed in your system). The new alsa-utils-1.2.3-4.fc32 fixes this issue. Please, ignore this error. It’s harmless. I apologize for this typo.”

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