package cups-daemon 2.1.3-4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1

[abdul basit]

This is in xenial-proposed, please block release to -updates accordingly :)

[Impact]
* fail to upgrade

[testcase]
Root cause is believed to be reproducible with:

#!/bin/bash
systemctl stop cups.path cups.service
rm /var/cache/cups/org.cups.cupsd
systemctl start cups.path
touch /var/cache/cups/org.cups.cupsd
sleep 1
rm /var/cache/cups/org.cups.cupsd
sleep 1
systemctl stop cups.service
echo $?

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: cups-daemon 2.1.3-4

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: cups-daemon 2.1.3-4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-67.88-generic 4.4.49
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-67-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5
Architecture: amd64
CupsErrorLog:

Date: Mon Mar 27 17:11:35 2017
ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-02-14 (40 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
Lpstat: Error: command ['lpstat', '-v'] failed with exit code 1: lpstat: No destinations added.
MachineType: LENOVO 20351
Papersize: a4
ProcCmdline: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-67-generic root=UUID=f95918d9-59c9-4fc3-91a3-c5236d029fec ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-67-generic root=UUID=f95918d9-59c9-4fc3-91a3-c5236d029fec ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1
 apt 1.2.19
SourcePackage: cups
Title: package cups-daemon 2.1.3-4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 09/23/2014
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 9ACN28WW
dmi.board.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: Lancer 5A2
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: NANANANANO DPK
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Lenovo G50-70
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr9ACN28WW:bd09/23/2014:svnLENOVO:pn20351:pvrLenovoG50-70:rvnLENOVO:rnLancer5A2:rvrNANANANANODPK:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrLenovoG50-70:
dmi.product.name: 20351
dmi.product.version: Lenovo G50-70
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO

[Hans Joachim Desserud (hjd)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 1676380, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.