[Bug 270961] [NEW] snmpd isn't stopped before postinst tries to start it

[Rob Schmidt]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: snmpd

Sorry if this was already reported but snmpd upgrade failed in "intrepid
(development branch)"

The postinst script tried to start snmpd but it was already started.

When I looked at the scripts it seems to be missing a snmpd stop in
preinst (there is one in prerm, but that doesn't seem to have an effect
on upgrade).

Anyway, I haven't played too much with dpkg package management, but it
seems like it should be in preinst since it is in packages like apache2
-mpm-prefork and postfix.

root at binion:/var/lib/dpkg/info# apt-cache policy snmpd
snmpd:
  Installed: 5.4.1~dfsg-7.1ubuntu5
  Candidate: 5.4.1~dfsg-7.1ubuntu5
  Version table:
 *** 5.4.1~dfsg-7.1ubuntu5 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

** Affects: net-snmp (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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snmpd isn't stopped before postinst tries to start it
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/270961
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