package cups 1.3.10-3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Charlie Kravetz]

Binary package hint: cups

RELEASE: Karmic Koala Alpha2 pre-release
CD/DVD VARIANT: 32bit Xubuntu Desktop cd
ISO BUILD: 20090611 Xubuntu
SYMPTOMS: I ran "sudo apt-get update" and "sudo apt-get dist-upgrade" using Karmic liveCD. Got the following errors in teminal:

Setting up cups (1.3.10-3) ...
ln: creating hard link `/usr/lib/cups/backend/ipp' => `/usr/lib/cups/backend-available/ipp': No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing cups (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for libc6 ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Errors were encountered while processing:
 cups
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

STEPS TO REPRODUCE: Burn the karmic desktop-i386.iso to a cd-r. Insert in drive and boot the system.
* open a terminal
* run "sudo apt-get update"
* run "sudo apt-get dist-upgrade"

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
CupsErrorLog: E [11/Jun/2009:14:41:34 +0000] [CGI] Unable to scan "@LOCAL"!
Date: Thu Jun 11 14:58:02 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
LiveMediaBuild: Xubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Alpha i386 (20090611)
Lpstat: Error: command ['lpstat', '-v'] failed with exit code 1: lpstat: Unable to connect to server
Lsusb: Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
MachineType: micronpc.com Millennia GS
Package: cups 1.3.10-3
Papersize: a4
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/xhostname.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.gz quiet splash --
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.30-8.9-generic
SourcePackage: cups
Title: package cups 1.3.10-3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.30-8-generic i686
dmi.bios.date: 07/31/2000
dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 4.51 PG
dmi.board.name: 694X-596B-977
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvr4.51PG:bd07/31/2000:svnmicronpc.com:pnMillenniaGS:pvr:rvn:rn694X-596B-977:rvr:cvn:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Millennia GS
dmi.sys.vendor: micronpc.com

[Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek)]

I am marking this bug invalid as the reporter. It appears to have been fixed before the final release of Xubuntu/Ubuntu 9.10.