package snort-mysql 2.9.2-3ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[[Hussein]]

invoke-rc.d: initscript snort, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing snort-mysql (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 snort-mysql
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: snort-mysql 2.9.2-3ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-39.60~precise1-generic 3.5.7.17
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-39-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.4
AptOrdering: snort-mysql: Configure
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Aug 22 08:18:37 2013
DuplicateSignature: package:snort-mysql:2.9.2-3ubuntu1:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20130213)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: snort
Title: package snort-mysql 2.9.2-3ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package snort - 2.9.15.1-2

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snort (2.9.15.1-2) unstable; urgency=medium

  * debian/control:
     - Add libssl-dev as Build-Dep (Closes:#956812)
     - Update Standards version
     - Fix Git-VCS url
     - Make snort-doc Multi-Arch: foreign
  * debian/patches/documentation_debian: Document the use of /etc/default/snort

 -- Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña <email address hidden> Sat, 18 Apr 2020 11:56:13 +0200