failing on cups package

[datakid]

Binary package hint: update-manager

I was told to report this by the update manager:

'E:The package cupsys needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it.'

I tried to uninstall cups to get the other 113 updates that I need (running gutsy for two weeks now) and I discovered that it would uninstall the desktop as well - boo!

anyway, I'm getting a failing on the cupsys_1.3.2_ubuntu7.deb or something...I think it says "file name is missing"?

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

Thanks for your bugreport.

Could you please attach the file /var/log/apt/term.log to this report?

Thanks,
 Michael

[datakid (datakid)]

Please find term.log attached as requested.

Note that computer was powered down unexpectedly during an update - dog tripped over the extension cord.

It was after this that update stopped working. I'm pretty sure that happened about line number 1731.

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

Thanks for this additional information.

It seems like the cupsys package got corrupted. To workaround the issue you can run:
$ sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/info/cupsys.list /var/lib/dpkg/info/cupsys.list.broken
$ sudo apt-get install --reinstall cupsys

That should fix the problem. Please also attach the cupsys.list.broken file here just to verify that it is indeed this file that got corrupted.

Thanks,
 Michael

[datakid (datakid)]

Michael, very much appreciate your help, and I apologise that I haven't replied sooner. Unfortunately it is a work computer and I only come in twice a week.

Updates are happening smoothly, please find file attached as requested.

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue for you? Can you try with latest Ubuntu release? Thanks in advance.

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

According to the latest mail from the reporter:
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no such problems in hardy. All clear.

cheers mate
L.
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This is fixed.

Thanks for your time and don't hesitate to submit any new bug.