package cups 1.5.2-9ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

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running the usual daily apt-get dist-upgrade, the process was left a bit behind by cups not finishing installation.

myrtti@kengu:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade Exit Code: 100
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Setting up cups (1.5.2-9ubuntu1) ...
start: Job failed to start
invoke-rc.d: initscript cups, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing cups (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 cups
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

myrtti@kengu:~$ sudo lsb_release -a Exit Code: 100
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu precise (development branch)
Release: 12.04
Codename: precise

myrtti@kengu:~$ sudo apt-cache policy cups Exit Code: 100
cups:
  Installed: 1.5.2-9ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1.5.2-9ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1.5.2-9ubuntu1 0
        500 http://mirrors.nic.funet.fi/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: cups 1.5.2-9ubuntu1
Uname: Linux 3.4.0-030400rc2-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Apr 10 18:41:24 2012
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20110302)
Lpstat: Error: command ['lpstat', '-v'] failed with exit code 1: lpstat: Connection refused
MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude D630
Papersize: letter
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   no card
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.4.0-030400rc2-generic root=UUID=2eac8803-efce-4add-b216-7e718b82e62e ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: cups
Title: package cups 1.5.2-9ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-31 (10 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 07/23/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A03
dmi.board.name: 0KU184
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA03:bd07/23/2007:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeD630:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0KU184:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Latitude D630
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.