package snort 2.9.7.0-5build1 failed to install/upgrade: installed snort package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

[frizzardo]

Ubuntu 18.04

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: snort 2.9.7.0-5build1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-35.38-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-35-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.4
AptOrdering:
 libudisks2-0:amd64: Install
 NULL: ConfigurePending
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Sep 28 09:16:56 2018
ErrorMessage: installed snort package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-05-03 (147 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.6, python3-minimal, 3.6.5-3ubuntu1
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.15rc1, python-minimal, 2.7.15~rc1-1
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.19.0.5ubuntu2
 apt 1.6.3ubuntu0.1
SourcePackage: snort
Title: package snort 2.9.7.0-5build1 failed to install/upgrade: installed snort package post-installation script subprocess 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

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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