On Thu, Jun 02, 2005 at 10:38:30AM +0200, Luc Stepniewski wrote: > Package: snort > Version: 2.3.2-2 > Severity: grave > Justification: renders package unusable
> When installing Snort (no previous version installed), the install stops > with: > Setting up snort (2.3.2-2) ... > No snort instance found to be stopped! > Starting Network Intrusion Detection System: /etc/init.d/snort: stat: > command not found > It seems the 'stat' command does not exists in the line > "real_log_user=`stat -c %U $LOGDIR`" > -- System Information: > Debian Release: 3.1 > APT prefers testing > APT policy: (500, 'testing') > Architecture: i386 (i586) > Kernel: Linux 2.4.26adelux > Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Your reportbug says that you're running a sarge system, but this appears to not entirely be the case. What version of shellutils do you have on your system? It is possible to have a partially-upgraded woody system where 'stat' is not available; on a fully upgraded sarge system, 'stat' is provided by coreutils, which is an Essential package. Thanks, -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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