cupsys cannot be installed/updated

[zdenek smetana]

Binary package hint: cupsys

dpkg -i cupsys_1.2.8-0ubuntu5_i386.deb
(Reading database ... 228084 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace cupsys 1.2.8-0ubuntu5 (using cupsys_1.2.8-0ubuntu5_i386.deb) ...
 * Stopping Common Unix Printing System: cupsd [ OK ]
Unpacking replacement cupsys ...
Setting up cupsys (1.2.8-0ubuntu5) ...
 * Starting Common Unix Printing System: cupsd cupsd: Child exited with status 2!
invoke-rc.d: initscript cupsys, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing cupsys (--install):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 cupsys

so all packages depending on cupsys also not working properly

last lines from strace:

write(8, " at:\n <URL:http://xorg.freedeskt"..., 8192) = 8192
munmap(0xb7411000, 2605056) = 0
write(8, "xtension library (development he"..., 1617) = 1617
close(8) = 0
unlink("/var/lib/dpkg/available-old") = 0
link("/var/lib/dpkg/available", "/var/lib/dpkg/available-old") = 0
rename("/var/lib/dpkg/available-new", "/var/lib/dpkg/available") = 0
close(4) = 0
munmap(0xb7fc7000, 4096) = 0
unlink("/var/lib/dpkg/updates/tmp.i") = 0
brk(0xa49e000) = 0xa49e000
fcntl64(3, F_SETLK64, {type=F_UNLCK, whence=SEEK_SET, start=0, len=0}, 0xbfac2f90) = 0
write(2, "Errors were encountered while pr"..., 42Errors were encountered while processing:
) = 42
write(2, " cupsys\n", 8 cupsys
) = 8
exit_group(1) = ?
Process 13831 detached

[zdenek smetana (zyghom)]

uname -a:
Linux baboon.monkeys 2.6.20-10-generic #2 SMP Mon Mar 12 00:02:49 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

feisty

[Rich Johnson (nixternal)]

Confirming. Hurry on this one, I need to print out my midterm cheat sheets :) hehe

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nixternal@ShakaDoobie:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B of archives.
After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
Setting up cupsys (1.2.8-0ubuntu5) ...
 * Starting Common Unix Printing System: cupsd cupsd: Child exited with status 2!
invoke-rc.d: initscript cupsys, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing cupsys (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 cupsys
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
nixternal@ShakaDoobie:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
Setting up cupsys (1.2.8-0ubuntu5) ...
 * Starting Common Unix Printing System: cupsd cupsd: Child exited with status 2!
invoke-rc.d: initscript cupsys, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing cupsys (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 cupsys
nixternal@ShakaDoobie:~$