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

[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 at host3:~$ cat  /var/lib/dpkg/info/snmp.preinst 
#! /bin/sh

set -e

action="$1"

killall -u snmp  2>/dev/null || true

if [ "$action" = upgrade ]
then
  if [ -L /usr/share/doc/snmp ]; then
    rm -f /usr/share/doc/snmp
  fi
  if [ -d /usr/doc/snmp ]; then
    rm -rf /usr/doc/snmp
  fi
fi


exit 0

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

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  "killall -u snmp" in a pre-install step kills any running snmpd

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