diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index debd2aad..aa3c67c9 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ xbps-0.14 (2012-02-28):
  * Fixed 'xbps-bin reconfigure all' (regression added in 0.13).
 
  * While resolving dependencies check if required dependency is matched
-   any virtual package already added in transaction, on match use it.
+   with any virtual package already added in transaction, on match use it.
 
  * Only accept binary packages compressed in gzip, bzip2 and xz formats.
    Profiling tests showed that libarchive wasted a considerable amount of
diff --git a/lib/package_configure.c b/lib/package_configure.c
index 39cab38f..163d06a4 100644
--- a/lib/package_configure.c
+++ b/lib/package_configure.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ xbps_configure_pkg(const char *pkgname,
 
 	if (check_state) {
 		rv = xbps_pkg_state_installed(pkgname, &state);
-		xbps_dbg_printf("%s-%s: state %d\n", pkgname, version, state);
+		xbps_dbg_printf("%s: state %d rv %d\n", pkgname, state, rv);
 		if (rv == ENOENT) {
 			/*
 			 * package not installed or has been removed.
@@ -153,6 +153,10 @@ xbps_configure_pkg(const char *pkgname,
 		}
 	} else {
 		if (errno != ENOENT) {
+			xbps_set_cb_state(XBPS_STATE_CONFIGURE_FAIL, errno,
+			    pkgname, lver,
+			    "%s: [configure] INSTALL script cannot be "
+			    "executed: %s", pkgver, strerror(errno));
 			free(buf);
 			free(pkgver);
 			return errno;
@@ -168,8 +172,13 @@ xbps_configure_pkg(const char *pkgname,
 		    pkgver, strerror(rv));
 	}
 	free(pkgver);
-	if (flush)
-		rv = xbps_pkgdb_update(true);
-
+	if (flush) {
+		if ((rv = xbps_pkgdb_update(true)) != 0) {
+			xbps_set_cb_state(XBPS_STATE_CONFIGURE_FAIL, rv,
+			    pkgname, lver,
+			    "%s: [configure] failed to update pkgdb: %s\n",
+			    pkgver, strerror(rv));
+		}
+	}
 	return rv;
 }