snort-pgsql failed to install : subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 6

[Krit Marukawisutthigul]

Binary package hint: acidbase

coundn't uninstall.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 6
Package: snort-pgsql 2.7.0-22ubuntu1
SourcePackage: snort
Title: package snort-pgsql 2.7.0-22ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 6
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-13-generic i686

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks for you report.

The relevant error is:
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Setting up snort-pgsql (2.7.0-22ubuntu1) ...
 * Stopping Network Intrusion Detection System snort
 * No running snort instance found
 * Starting Network Intrusion Detection System snort
 * /etc/snort/db-pending-config file found
 * Snort will not start as its database is not yet configured.
 * Please configure the database as described in
 * /usr/share/doc/snort-{pgsql,mysql}/README-database.Debian
 * and remove /etc/snort/db-pending-config
invoke-rc.d: initscript snort, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing snort-pgsql (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 6

affecting to snort.

It looks like you do not have a database configured. Did you configure one ? Is it still an issue ?

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

This is a duplicate of bug 222091 which is fixed in snort 2.8.4.1-3ubuntu1