Test for /run/systemd rather than calling rpm in %pre

man-db.spec

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 Summary: Tools for searching and reading man pages
 Name: man-db
 Version: 2.7.1
-Release: 4%{?dist}
+Release: 5%{?dist}
 # GPLv2+ .. man-db
 # GPLv3+ .. gnulib
 License: GPLv2+ and GPLv3+
@@ -77,8 +77,7 @@ install -D -p -m 0644 init/systemd/man-db.conf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib/tmpfiles.
 
 # stop and disable timer from previous builds
 %pre
-rpm -q systemd > /dev/null
-if [ "$?" -eq 0 ]; then
+if test -d /run/systemd; then
 	systemctl stop man-db.timer
 	systemctl -q disable man-db.timer
 fi
@@ -134,6 +133,10 @@ fi
 %lang(zh_CN)   %{_datadir}/man/zh_CN/man*/*
 
 %changelog
+* Tue May 12 2015 Colin Walters <walters@redhat.com> - 2.7.1-5
+- Test for /run/systemd to detect systemd state rather than invoking
+  rpm in % pre - it is not really supported by rpm.
+
 * Sat Feb 21 2015 Till Maas <opensource@till.name> - 2.7.1-4
 - Rebuilt for Fedora 23 Change
   https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Harden_all_packages_with_position-independent_code