package snort 2.9.2-3ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 10

[Nicolas Riesco]

Get this error every time an update is installed. It started after upgrading to the beta version of 12.04.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: snort 2.9.2-3ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
AptOrdering:
 giflib-tools: Install
 snort: Configure
 giflib-tools: Configure
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue May 8 10:24:48 2012
DuplicateSignature:
 Setting up snort (2.9.2-3ubuntu1) ...
 dpkg: error processing snort (--configure):
  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 10
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
SourcePackage: snort
Title: package snort 2.9.2-3ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 10
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-18 (50 days ago)

[Nicolas Riesco (nicolas-riesco)]

I've tracked down the point where the post-installation fails.

It fails in the script /var/lib/dpkg/info/snort.config when line 16 "db_get snort/reverse_order" is run.

To workaorund this failure I have removed the following lines from script /var/lib/dpkg/info/snort.config:

        db_get snort/reverse_order
        if [ "x$RET" = "xyes" ]; then
        # Remove the -o option which was introduced by Debconf
        # (snort/reverse_order) in versions previous to 2.8.5.2-2
            DEBIAN_SNORT_OPTIONS=`echo "$DEBIAN_SNORT_OPTIONS" | sed -e 's/ -o$//'`
        fi

I believe this bug is related to the following change:

http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-branches/ubuntu/oneiric/snort/oneiric/revision/24

I hope this helps.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[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