[hardy] snort-mysql fails to install when eth0 is not a valid interface

[Cian Davis]

Binary package hint: snort

The asking for interfaces and home net present in the snort package are not part of the snort-mysql package. The installation overwrites /etc/snort/snort.debian.conf Since it doesn't ask what interfaces to bind to and overwrites any previous config, the package will fail to install correctly if eth0 isn't a valid interface (as the snort daemon will not start).

[Jorge Salamero Sanz (bencer)]

I can confirm this issue, snort fails to install when eth0 doesn't exist.

[Thomas d'Otreppe (thomas-dotreppe)]

It happens on 14.04 too. For example, with Dell R220, when the interfaces are em1, em2. Here is a workaround: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/snort/+question/262496

[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