[Pkg-net-snmp-devel] Bug#626312: Correct solution

[Lesley Longhurst]

The correct solution, as stated by the person who logged
the bug,  is to modify the postinst to the version below,
by moving the ". /usr/share/debconf/confmodule" line to
the start of the script.

To anyone who is trying unsuccessfully to install snmp:
the way I got it to work was:
1) Edit /var/lib/dpkg/info/snmpd.postinst, as below
2) Run "aptitude reinstall snmpd"

# ----<  cut here snmpd.postinst>-----
#! /bin/sh

set -e

. /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
db_version 2.0

if [ "x$1" = xconfigure ]; then
         if [ ! `getent group snmp>/dev/null` ]; then
                  deluser --quiet --system snmp
         fi
         adduser --quiet --system --group --no-create-home --home /var/lib/snmp snmp
         chown -R snmp:snmp /var/lib/snmp
fi

# Automatically added by dh_installinit
if [ -x "/etc/init.d/snmpd" ]; then
         update-rc.d snmpd defaults>/dev/null
         if [ -x "`which invoke-rc.d 2>/dev/null`" ]; then
                 invoke-rc.d snmpd start || exit $?
         else
                 /etc/init.d/snmpd start || exit $?
         fi
fi
# End automatically added section


exit 0
# ----<  cut here (end)>-----





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