On Wednesday, 29. August 2001 10:00, you wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alexander Skwar) writes: > > Hi! > > > > Why does snort require postgresql-libs? > > > > [root@teich root]# urpmi snort > > To satisfy dependencies, the following packages are going to be > > installed (1 MB): > > libpcap0-0.6.2-1mdk snort-1.8p1-1mdk postgresql-libs-7.1.2-11mdk > > Hello, > > ... because it has a plugin that is able to send attack results to a > database and this plugin is activated as default. and you could use mysql (as I do). So you have to recompile. - Or a deluxe version: someone makes two packages ;-) BTW: you should upgrade - even if it is only contrib! From snort.org:1.8.1-RELEASE -- Description: This version fixes all of the outstanding bugs from the 1.8 release and is far more stable than that release. > > cheers,
