diff --git a/grep.spec b/grep.spec
index 19d00bb..a968a28 100644
--- a/grep.spec
+++ b/grep.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: The GNU versions of grep pattern matching utilities.
 Name: grep
 Version: 2.5.1
-Release: 56%{?dist}
+Release: 57%{?dist}
 License: GPL
 Group: Applications/Text
 Source: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/grep/grep-%{version}a.tar.bz2
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
 
 %preun
 if [ $1 = 0 ]; then
-	[ -e %{_infodir}/grep.info.gz ] && /sbin/install-info --quiet --info-dir=%{_infodir} --delete %{_infodir}/grep.info.gz
+	[ -e %{_infodir}/grep.info.gz ] && /sbin/install-info --quiet --info-dir=%{_infodir} --delete %{_infodir}/grep.info.gz || :
 fi
 
 %files -f %{name}.lang
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ fi
 %{_mandir}/*/*
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jan 22 2007 Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com> 2.5.1-57
+- Make preun scriptlet unconditionally succeed (bug #223697).
+
 * Wed Nov 22 2006 Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com> 2.5.1-56
 - Fixed count of patterns when the last is an empty string (bug #204255).