diff -up rpm-4.8.0/lib/psm.c.pretrans-fail rpm-4.8.0/lib/psm.c
--- rpm-4.8.0/lib/psm.c.pretrans-fail	2012-02-15 14:48:41.344179125 +0200
+++ rpm-4.8.0/lib/psm.c	2012-02-15 14:56:15.286535432 +0200
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ static rpmRC runLuaScript(rpmpsm psm, He
 
     if (rpmluaRunScript(lua, script, sname) == 0) {
 	rc = RPMRC_OK;
-    } else if ((stag != RPMTAG_PREIN && stag != RPMTAG_PREUN && stag != RPMTAG_VERIFYSCRIPT)) {
+    } else if ((stag != RPMTAG_PREIN && stag != RPMTAG_PREUN && stag != RPMTAG_VERIFYSCRIPT && stag != RPMTAG_PRETRANS)) {
 	warn_only = 1;
     }
     umask(oldmask);
@@ -760,7 +760,7 @@ static rpmRC runScript(rpmpsm psm, Heade
                    sname, WTERMSIG(psm->sq.status));
 	} else {
 	    /* filter out "regular" error exits from non-pre scriptlets */
-	    if ((stag != RPMTAG_PREIN && stag != RPMTAG_PREUN && stag != RPMTAG_VERIFYSCRIPT)) {
+	    if ((stag != RPMTAG_PREIN && stag != RPMTAG_PREUN && stag != RPMTAG_VERIFYSCRIPT && stag != RPMTAG_PRETRANS)) {
 		warn_only = 1;
 	    }
 	    rpmlog(warn_only ? RPMLOG_WARNING : RPMLOG_ERR, 
diff -up rpm-4.8.0/lib/transaction.c.pretrans-fail rpm-4.8.0/lib/transaction.c
--- rpm-4.8.0/lib/transaction.c.pretrans-fail	2012-02-15 14:50:23.833579608 +0200
+++ rpm-4.8.0/lib/transaction.c	2012-02-15 14:54:31.031139986 +0200
@@ -1152,7 +1152,6 @@ static int runTransScripts(rpmts ts, rpm
     rpmte p;
     rpmpsm psm;
     rpmTag progtag = RPMTAG_NOT_FOUND;
-    int xx;
 
     if (stag == RPMTAG_PRETRANS) {
 	progtag = RPMTAG_PRETRANSPROG;
@@ -1170,7 +1169,8 @@ static int runTransScripts(rpmts ts, rpm
 
     	if (rpmteOpen(p, ts, 0)) {
 	    psm = rpmpsmNew(ts, p);
-	    xx = rpmpsmScriptStage(psm, stag, progtag);
+	    if (rpmpsmScriptStage(psm, stag, progtag))
+		rpmteMarkFailed(p, ts);
 	    psm = rpmpsmFree(psm);
 	    rpmteClose(p, ts, 0);
 	}