package cups-common 1.5.3-0ubuntu8 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: package cups-common is already installed and configured

[kam]

i was upgrading from 12.04 to 12.1, but during the upgrade i got a message that package was already installed no upgrade needed

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: cups-common
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-32.47~precise1-generic 3.8.13.10
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-32-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu13
Architecture: i386
CupsErrorLog:
 E [05/Nov/2013:16:42:38 -0700] Unknown directive SystemGroup on line 16 of /etc/cups/cupsd.conf.
 E [06/Nov/2013:02:14:07 -0700] Avahi client failed, closing client to allow a clean restart
 E [06/Nov/2013:02:47:20 -0700] Unknown directive SystemGroup on line 16 of /etc/cups/cupsd.conf.
Date: Wed Nov 6 02:23:56 2013
Dependencies:

DuplicateSignature: package:cups-common:1.5.3-0ubuntu8:ErrorMessage: package cups-common is already installed and configured
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: package cups-common is already installed and configured
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-11-03 (2 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20130820.1)
Lpstat: Error: command ['lpstat', '-v'] failed with exit code 1: lpstat: No destinations added.
MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude E6500
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
Papersize: letter
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   no card
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-32-generic root=UUID=570c62fd-f1d2-4693-b3ae-7e1a4f61dd12 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: cups
Title: package cups-common 1.5.3-0ubuntu8 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: package cups-common is already installed and configured
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2013-11-06 (0 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 10/30/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A18
dmi.board.name: 0W612R
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA18:bd10/30/2009:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeE6500:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0W612R:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Latitude E6500
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.