dpkg: error processing snort (--configure)

[martin suchanek]

snort error exit status 1 within instalation process

Setting up snort (2.9.2.2-3) ...
 * 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 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 snort

version:
Description: Ubuntu Raring Ringtail (development branch)
Release: 13.04

 apt-cache policy snort
snort:
  Installed: 2.9.2.2-3
  Candidate: 2.9.2.2-3
  Version table:
 *** 2.9.2.2-3 0
        500 http://localhost/ubuntu/ raring/universe amd64 Packages
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

[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