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

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Trying to upgrade && update via apt-get and cups gave me this error.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: cups 1.5.2-9ubuntu1
Uname: Linux 3.4.0-030400rc2-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CupsErrorLog:

Date: Wed Apr 11 17:07:42 2012
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120405)
Lpstat: Error: command ['lpstat', '-v'] failed with exit code 1: lpstat: Connection refused
MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron N5110
Papersize: letter
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.4.0-030400rc2-generic root=UUID=541e6e43-1972-4cf3-9d12-88592c07963c ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: cups
Title: package cups 1.5.2-9ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 09/30/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A09
dmi.board.name: 034W60
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A09
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: Not Specified
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA09:bd09/30/2011:svnDellInc.:pnInspironN5110:pvrNotSpecified:rvnDellInc.:rn034W60:rvrA09:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrNotSpecified:
dmi.product.name: Inspiron N5110
dmi.product.version: Not Specified
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Mª Jesús Alvarez (chus-alvarez)]

same problem here:

$sudo dpkg --configure cups
Configurando cups (1.5.3-0ubuntu4) ...
CONFFILE /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-cups-usblp.conf
LASTVERSION 1.5.3-0ubuntu1
PACLAGE --
finlocal
dpkg: error al procesar cups (--configure):
 el subproceso instalado el script post-installation devolvió el código de salida de error 20
Se encontraron errores al procesar:
 cups

adding set -x to /var/lib/dpkg/info/cups.postinst :

$ sudo dpkg --configure cups
Configurando cups (1.5.3-0ubuntu4) ...
+ dpkg-maintscript-helper rm_conffile /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-cups-usblp.conf 1.5.3-0ubuntu1 -- configure ''
CONFFILE /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-cups-usblp.conf
LASTVERSION 1.5.3-0ubuntu1
PACLAGE --
finlocal
+ . /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
++ '[' '!' '' ']'
++ PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1
++ export PERL_DL_NONLAZY
++ '[' '' ']'
++ exec /usr/share/debconf/frontend /var/lib/dpkg/info/cups.postinst configure ''
+ dpkg-maintscript-helper rm_conffile /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-cups-usblp.conf 1.5.3-0ubuntu1 -- configure ''
+ . /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
++ '[' '!' 1 ']'
++ '[' -z '' ']'
++ exec
++ '[' '' ']'
++ exec
++ DEBCONF_REDIR=1
++ export DEBCONF_REDIR
+ '[' -e /etc/default/cups ']'
+ . /etc/default/cups
++ LOAD_LP_MODULE=yes
+ '[' configure = configure ']'
++ getent group lpadmin
+ '[' -z lpadmin:x:116:chus ']'
+ chown root:lpadmin /usr/share/ppd/custom
+ chmod 3775 /usr/share/ppd/custom
+ '[' '!' -e /etc/cups/raw.types ']'
+ '[' '!' -e /etc/cups/raw.convs ']'
+ db_fget cupsys/raw-print changed
+ _db_cmd 'FGET cupsys/raw-print' changed
+ _db_internal_IFS='
'
+ IFS=' '
+ printf '%s\n' 'FGET cupsys/raw-print changed'
+ IFS='
'
+ IFS='
'
+ read -r _db_internal_line
+ RET='20 Unsupported command "conffile" (full line was "CONFFILE /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-cups-usblp.conf") received from confmodule.'
+ case ${_db_internal_line%%[ ]*} in
+ return 20
dpkg: error al procesar cups (--configure):
 el subproceso instalado el script post-installation devolvió el código de salida de error 20
Se encontraron errores al procesar:
 cups
chus@chu