package snort 2.9.7.0-5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Irin Sultana]

package snort 2.9.7.0-5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: snort 2.9.7.0-5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-39.42~16.04.1-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-39-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Nov 27 12:30:57 2018
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-11-20 (6 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20180731)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.5
 apt 1.2.29
SourcePackage: snort
Title: package snort 2.9.7.0-5 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)]

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

---------------
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