[Bug 1245604] [NEW] killall -u snmp in a pre-install step kills any running snmpd

2013-10-28 Thread Eamon Bisson-DOnahue
Public bug reported: If I am running snmpd (which I was) and I install snmp (which I did), it kills snmpd due to a pre-install step of the snmp package that calls a 'killall -u snmp' :( Found the pre-install step here: user@host3:~$ cat /var/lib/dpkg/info/snmp.preinst #! /bin/sh set -e

[Bug 1245604] [NEW] killall -u snmp in a pre-install step kills any running snmpd

2013-10-28 Thread Eamon Bisson-DOnahue
Public bug reported: If I am running snmpd (which I was) and I install snmp (which I did), it kills snmpd due to a pre-install step of the snmp package that calls a 'killall -u snmp' :( Found the pre-install step here: user@host3:~$ cat /var/lib/dpkg/info/snmp.preinst #! /bin/sh set -e