package cupsys 1.3.2-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 3

[Kris]

Binary package hint: cupsys

Reinstall package through Synaptic

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Oct 1 19:58:40 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 3
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: cupsys 1.3.2-1ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: i386
SourcePackage: cupsys
Title: package cupsys 1.3.2-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 3
Uname: Linux Computer1 2.6.22-12-generic #1 SMP Sun Sep 23 18:11:30 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

[Daniel Hahler (blueyed)]

The error is (translated):
Trying to replace »/usr/share/doc/libcupsys2/CREDITS.txt«, which is also in package libcupsys2.

[Daniel Hahler (blueyed)]

I've thought this was bug 149106, but it's probably not.
It rather looks like cupsd crashed in the install/upgrade process.

Kris, is the problem still present?

[Kris (bogemann)]

Daniel,
                  yes I believe so I'll need to check again when I get home
 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: dAniel hAhler <email address hidden>
> I've thought this was bug 149106, but it's probably not.
> It rather looks like cupsd crashed in the install/upgrade process.
>
> Kris, is the problem still present?
>
> ** Changed in: cupsys (Ubuntu)
> Status: Confirmed => Incomplete
>
> --
> package cupsys 1.3.2-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess
> post-installation script returned error exit status 3
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/147900
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.

[Torcuill (astro-torcuill)]

I apologise if this is not needed, but I think I have the same symptoms, pasting from konsole:
=====start=====
207 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
20 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/273MB of archives.
After unpacking 1352kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
Extract templates from packages: 100%
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 78349 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace cupsys 1.3.2-1ubuntu1 (using .../cupsys_1.3.2-1ubuntu4_i386 .deb) ...
 * Stopping Common Unix Printing System: cupsd [ OK ]
Unpacking replacement cupsys ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/cupsys_1.3.2-1ubuntu4_i386.deb (- -unpack):
 trying to overwrite `/usr/share/doc/libcupsys2/CREDITS.txt', which is also in package libcupsys2
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
 * Starting Common Unix Printing System: cupsd [ OK ]
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/cupsys_1.3.2-1ubuntu4_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
=====end=====
HTH

Torc

[Bremm (bremm)]

Same here... I think I'll get rid of the conflicting file just to see if dist-upgrade works.

$ LANG=C sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
  wammu
The following packages will be upgraded:
  cupsys
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
103 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/1836kB of archives.
After unpacking 1393kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 216908 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace cupsys 1.3.2-1ubuntu3 (using .../cupsys_1.3.2-1ubuntu4_amd64.deb) ...
Ignoring nonregistered document cupsys
 * Stopping Common Unix Printing System: cupsd [ OK ]
Unpacking replacement cupsys ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/cupsys_1.3.2-1ubuntu4_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite `/usr/share/doc/libcupsys2/CREDITS.txt', which is also in package libcupsys2
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
 * Starting Common Unix Printing System: cupsd [ OK ]
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/cupsys_1.3.2-1ubuntu4_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[Bremm (bremm)]

I used

$ sudo dpkg -i --force-all /var/cache/apt/archives/cupsys_1.3.2-1ubuntu4_amd64.deb

and two files were conflicting:

trying to overwrite `/usr/share/doc/libcupsys2/CREDITS.txt', which is also in package libcupsys2
trying to overwrite `/usr/share/doc/libcupsys2/README.txt.gz', which is also in package libcupsys2

Forced installation isn't a nice option, I know, but I needed to know which files were wrong.

So I re-ran dist-upgrade and it worked as a charm.