diff -Nru cups-1.5.0/debian/changelog cups-1.5.0/debian/changelog
--- cups-1.5.0/debian/changelog	2011-10-11 23:33:02.000000000 +0200
+++ cups-1.5.0/debian/changelog	2011-10-19 10:48:30.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+cups (1.5.0-8ubuntu3) oneiric-proposed; urgency=low
+
+  * debian/control:
+    - reintroduce the libcupsys2 transitional package to help the
+      apt resolver upgrade in a multiarch scenario where a old
+      libcupsys2 package is installed (LP: #874835)
+
+ -- Michael Vogt <michael.vogt@ubuntu.com>  Wed, 19 Oct 2011 10:45:43 +0200
+
 cups (1.5.0-8ubuntu2) oneiric-proposed; urgency=low
 
   * debian/patches/do-not-suppress-inputslot-setting-with-empty-ap-d-inputslot.patch:
diff -Nru cups-1.5.0/debian/control cups-1.5.0/debian/control
--- cups-1.5.0/debian/control	2011-10-07 17:56:48.000000000 +0200
+++ cups-1.5.0/debian/control	2011-10-19 10:48:22.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 Source: cups
 Priority: optional
 Section: net
-Maintainer: Debian CUPS Maintainers <pkg-cups-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>
+Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com>
+XSBC-Original-Maintainer: Debian CUPS Maintainers <pkg-cups-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>
 Standards-Version: 3.9.2
 Build-Depends: libpam0g-dev, libtiff4-dev, libjpeg-dev, zlib1g-dev,
  libpng12-dev, libslp-dev, libgnutls-dev, libpaper-dev, libldap2-dev,
@@ -26,7 +27,6 @@
 Architecture: any
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
 Suggests: cups-common
-Provides: libcupsys2
 Breaks: cups (<< 1.5.0)
 Pre-Depends: ${misc:Pre-Depends}
 Multi-Arch: same
@@ -326,3 +326,11 @@
 Description: Common UNIX Printing System (transitional package)
  This is a dummy package to ease transition to new package name.
 
+Package: libcupsys2
+Priority: extra
+Section: oldlibs
+Architecture: all
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, libcups2
+Description: Common UNIX Printing System (transitional package)
+ This is a dummy package to ease transition to new package name.
+