package snort-mysql 2.9.2.2-3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Lovegildo Garcia]

the error message came up while trying to install UBUNTU upgrade to release 13.04

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: snort-mysql 2.9.2.2-3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-server 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-server x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Sep 9 05:57:31 2013
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: snort
Title: package snort-mysql 2.9.2.2-3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2013-06-11 (90 days ago)

[Lovegildo Garcia (logar)]

Here is a detail of the error message I got.

Errors were encountered while processing:
 snort-mysql
Error in function:
SystemError: 05:58:31 AptDaemon [INFO]: Quitting was requested
E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Setting up snort-mysql (2.9.2.2-3) ...
snort: not updating /etc/snort/database.conf; no stored checksum available and it does not match the debconf database configuration
 * Stopping Network Intrusion Detection System snort * - No running snort instance found
 * Starting Network Intrusion Detection System snort
[fail]
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

[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