python-cups no longer depends on libcups2

[Jonathan Reed]

Somewhere between Natty and Oneiric, python-cups stopped depending on libcups2. This makes the package kind of useless, since all attempts to use it will result in "ImportError: libcups.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory". Installing libcups2 manually fixes this error.

[Jonathan Reed (jdreed)]

On Natty:
$ apt-cache policy python-cups
python-cups:
  Installed: 1.9.54-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1.9.54-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1.9.54-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://mirrors.mit.edu/ubuntu/ natty/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

$ python
Python 2.7.1+ (r271:86832, Apr 11 2011, 18:13:53)
[GCC 4.5.2] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import cups
>>>

$ apt-cache show python-cups | grep Depends
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libcups2 (>= 1.4.0), python (<< 2.8), python (>= 2.6), python-support (>= 0.90.0)

On Oneiric:

# apt-cache policy python-cups
python-cups:
  Installed: 1.9.59-0ubuntu0.1
  Candidate: 1.9.59-0ubuntu0.1
  Version table:
 *** 1.9.59-0ubuntu0.1 0
        500 http://localhost/ubuntu/ oneiric-updates/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1.9.58-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://localhost/ubuntu/ oneiric/main amd64 Packages

# python
Python 2.7.2+ (default, Oct 4 2011, 20:06:09)
[GCC 4.6.1] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import cups
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: libcups.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
>>>

# apt-cache show python-cups | grep Depends
Depends: python2.7 | python2.6, python (>= 2.6), python (<< 2.8)

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

Thank you for reporting this to Ubuntu. This was accidentally dropped during the dh_python2 conversion. I'll be attaching patches shortly. Please report any other issues you may find.

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

This debdiff fixes the issue for precise.

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

This patch fixes the issue for oneiric.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package python-cups - 1.9.59-0ubuntu1

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python-cups (1.9.59-0ubuntu1) precise; urgency=low

  * fix LP: #883112 - python-cups no longer depends on libcups2; Add back
    ${shlibs:Depends}, accidentally dropped during the dh_python2 conversion
    - update debian/control
 -- Micah Gersten <email address hidden> Fri, 28 Oct 2011 11:56:07 -0500

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

barry uploaded this for me to oneiric-proposed, dropping severity to medium since libcups2 is installed by default

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Hello Jonathan, or anyone else affected,

Accepted python-cups into oneiric-proposed, the package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

[Bartosz Kosiorek (gang65)]

After upgrade python-cups to version 1.9.59-0ubuntu0.2 the problem was fixed.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package python-cups - 1.9.59-0ubuntu0.2

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python-cups (1.9.59-0ubuntu0.2) oneiric-proposed; urgency=low

  * fix LP: #883112 - python-cups no longer depends on libcups2; Add back
    ${shlibs:Depends}, accidentally dropped during the dh_python2 conversion
    - update debian/control
 -- Micah Gersten <email address hidden> Fri, 28 Oct 2011 11:56:45 -0500