Tailscale 1.78 dnf syntax error when updating to 1.92 (F44)

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When updating tailscale today (Fedora 44) I got the following error:

[109/121] Removing tailscale-0:1.92.1-1.x86_64                                                                                       100% |   1.0   B/s |   5.0   B |  00m04s
>>> Running %preun scriptlet: tailscale-0:1.78.0-1.x86_64                                                                                                                    
>>> Error in %preun scriptlet: tailscale-0:1.78.0-1.x86_64                                                                                                                   
>>> Scriptlet output:                                                                                                                                                        
>>> /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.MRvjUg: line 3: $'\r': command not found                                                                                                                
>>> /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.MRvjUg: line 9: syntax error: unexpected end of file from `if' command on line 4                                                                        
>>>                                                                                                                                                                          
>>> [RPM] %preun(tailscale-0:1.78.0-1.x86_64) scriptlet failed, exit status 2                                                                                                
>>> Running %preun scriptlet: mullvad-vpn-0:2025.13-1.x86_64                                                                                                                 
>>> Finished %preun scriptlet: mullvad-vpn-0:2025.13-1.x86_64                                                                                                                
>>> Scriptlet output:                                                                                                                                                        
>>> Running before-remove.sh                                                                                                                                                 
>>>                                                                                                                                                                          
>>> [RPM] tailscale-0:1.78.0-1.x86_64: erase failed

There is a syntax error on the removal scriptlet from the previous (1.78) version.

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Remove the old version, bypassing the faulty script, then install the new version:

sudo dnf remove tailscale --setopt=tsflags=noscripts
sudo dnf install tailscale
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Interesting, what do those options do when applied to the package?

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To ensure the integrity of the RPM database, you need to complete the transaction.
This requires to suppress the faulty script with the command provided above.

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