Comment 8 for bug 222091

Attached is a debdiff which resolves this issue, by not attempting to start snort(-mysql) if the database (mysql/pgsql) isn't yet configured.

I'm going to try and get this into Debian, rather than stray from Debian on this issue - as snort is traditionally maintained wholly in Debian.

Binary built in PPA:
https://edge.launchpad.net/~davewalker/+archive/ppa/+sourcepub/715986/+listing-archive-extra