[Pkg-cups-devel] Bug#477392: cupsys tries to overwrite /usr/lib/cups/daemon/cups-lpd which is also in package cupsys-bsd

[Micah Anderson]

Package: cupsys
Version: 1.3.7-1
Severity: serious

Doing an apt-get dist-upgrade today gave me this:

Unpacking replacement cupsys ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/cupsys_1.3.7-4_i386.deb
(--unpack): trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/cups/daemon/cups-lpd', which is also in package cupsys-bsd
 dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
 Starting Common Unix Printing System: cupsd.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-3-vserver-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages cupsys depends on:
ii  adduser               3.107              add and remove users and groups
ii  cupsys-common         1.3.7-1            Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.21             Debian configuration management sy
ii  ghostscript           8.62.dfsg.1-2      The GPL Ghostscript PostScript/PDF
ii  ghostscript-x [gs-esp 8.62.dfsg.1-2      The GPL Ghostscript PostScript/PDF
ii  gs-esp                8.62.dfsg.1-2      Transitional package
ii  libavahi-compat-libdn 0.6.22-3           Avahi Apple Bonjour compatibility 
ii  libc6                 2.7-10             GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcupsimage2         1.3.7-1            Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libcupsys2            1.3.7-1            Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libdbus-1-3           1.2.1-1            simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libgnutls26           2.2.2-1            the GNU TLS library - runtime libr
ii  libkrb53              1.6.dfsg.3~beta1-4 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries
ii  libldap-2.4-2         2.4.7-6.2          OpenLDAP libraries
ii  libpam0g              0.99.7.1-6         Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libpaper1             1.1.23             library for handling paper charact
ii  libslp1               1.2.1-7.2          OpenSLP libraries
ii  lsb-base              3.2-10             Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii  perl-modules          5.8.8-12           Core Perl modules
ii  procps                1:3.2.7-8          /proc file system utilities
ii  ssl-cert              1.0.18             simple debconf wrapper for OpenSSL
ii  xpdf-utils [poppler-u 3.02-1.3           Portable Document Format (PDF) sui

Versions of packages cupsys recommends:
ii  avahi-utils             0.6.22-3         Avahi browsing, publishing and dis
ii  cupsys-client           1.3.7-1          Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  foomatic-filters        3.0.2-20080211-3 OpenPrinting printer support - fil
ii  smbclient               1:3.0.28a-2      a LanManager-like simple client fo

-- debconf information:
  cupsys/raw-print: true
  cupsys/backend: ipp, lpd, parallel, scsi, serial, socket, usb, snmp, dnssd