[Pkg-cups-devel] Bug#461331: cupsys: Sharing printers via web interface crashes cups server

[Tim Richardson]

Package: cupsys
Version: 1.3.5-1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

After I install a printer connected to the server via USB, I want to 
share it.  Choosing "Share published printers connected to this system" 
and then clicking the button "Change Settings" from localhost:631 causes 
the server to crash. That is, it fails to restart.
The error is
 cupsd: Unable to read configuration file '/etc/cups/cupsd.conf' - 
exiting!

The only way I can restore is to copy the default config file.
 

-- Scstem Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-2-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
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            3.105                 add and remove users and groups
ii  cupsys-common      1.3.5-1               Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  debconf [debconf-2 1.5.17                Debian configuration management sy
ii  ghostscript [gs-es 8.61.dfsg.1~svn8187-2 The GPL Ghostscript PostScript/PDF
ii  gs-esp             8.61.dfsg.1~svn8187-2 Transitional package
ii  libavahi-compat-li 0.6.21-4              Avahi Apple Bonjour compatibility 
ii  libc6              2.7-5                 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcupsimage2      1.3.5-1               Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libcupsys2         1.3.5-1               Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libdbus-1-3        1.1.2-1               simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libgnutls13        2.0.4-1               the GNU TLS library - runtime libr
ii  libkrb53           1.6.dfsg.3~beta1-2    MIT Kerberos runtime libraries
ii  libldap2           2.1.30.dfsg-13.5      OpenLDAP libraries
ii  libpam0g           0.99.7.1-5            Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libpaper1          1.1.23                library for handling paper charact
ii  libslp1            1.2.1-7.1             OpenSLP libraries
ii  lsb-base           3.1-24                Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip
ii  perl-modules       5.8.8-12              Core Perl modules
ii  poppler-utils [xpd 0.6.2-1               PDF utilitites (based on libpopple
ii  procps             1:3.2.7-5             /proc file system utilities
ii  ssl-cert           1.0.14                Simple debconf wrapper for openssl

Versions of packages cupsys recommends:
ii  avahi-utils           0.6.21-4           Avahi browsing, publishing and dis
ii  cupsys-client         1.3.5-1            Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  foomatic-filters      3.0.2-20061031-1.2 linuxprinting.org printer support 
ii  smbclient             3.0.28-2           a LanManager-like simple client fo

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