[Pkg-cups-devel] Bug#651068: file conflict with cups-pdf prevents upgrade to 1.4.4-7+squeeze1

[Joseph Nahmias]

Package: cups
Version: 1.4.4-7+squeeze1
Severity: grave
Tags: squeeze

I tried to run an apt-get dist-upgrade, but cups doesn't upgrade cleanly
because of a conflict with package cups-pdf:

joe at tux:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Starting
Starting 2
Done
Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
  cups
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
12 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/2,020 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
Reading changelogs... Done
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 167164 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace cups 1.4.4-7 (using .../cups_1.4.4-7+squeeze1_i386.deb) ...
Stopping Common Unix Printing System: cupsd.
Unpacking replacement cups ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/cups_1.4.4-7+squeeze1_i386.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/etc/cups', which is also in package cups-pdf 2.5.0-16
configured to not write apport reports
                                      dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Starting Common Unix Printing System: cupsdcupsd: Child exited with status 1!

Message from syslogd at tux at Dec  5 09:10:18 ...
 cupsd: Unable to read configuration file '/etc/cups/cupsd.conf' - exiting!
..
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/cups_1.4.4-7+squeeze1_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
joe at tux:~$




-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.3
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (990, 'stable'), (500, 'stable-updates')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (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/dash

Versions of packages cups depends on:
ii  adduser             3.112+nmu2           add and remove users and groups
ii  bc                  1.06.95-2            The GNU bc arbitrary precision cal
pn  cups-client         <none>               (no description available)
pn  cups-common         <none>               (no description available)
pn  cups-ppdc           <none>               (no description available)
ii  debconf [debconf-2. 1.5.36.1             Debian configuration management sy
ii  ghostscript         8.71~dfsg2-9         The GPL Ghostscript PostScript/PDF
ii  libavahi-client3    0.6.27-2+squeeze1    Avahi client library
ii  libavahi-common3    0.6.27-2+squeeze1    Avahi common library
ii  libc6               2.11.2-10            Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
pn  libcups2            <none>               (no description available)
pn  libcupscgi1         <none>               (no description available)
pn  libcupsdriver1      <none>               (no description available)
pn  libcupsimage2       <none>               (no description available)
pn  libcupsmime1        <none>               (no description available)
pn  libcupsppdc1        <none>               (no description available)
ii  libdbus-1-3         1.2.24-4+squeeze1    simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libgcc1             1:4.4.5-8            GCC support library
ii  libgnutls26         2.8.6-1              the GNU TLS library - runtime libr
ii  libgssapi-krb5-2    1.8.3+dfsg-4squeeze2 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries - k
ii  libijs-0.35         0.35-7               IJS raster image transport protoco
ii  libkrb5-3           1.8.3+dfsg-4squeeze2 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries
ii  libldap-2.4-2       2.4.23-7.2           OpenLDAP libraries
ii  libpam0g            1.1.1-6.1+squeeze1   Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libpaper1           1.1.24               library for handling paper charact
ii  libpoppler5         0.12.4-1.2           PDF rendering library
ii  libslp1             1.2.1-7.8            OpenSLP libraries
ii  libstdc++6          4.4.5-8              The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libusb-0.1-4        2:0.1.12-16          userspace USB programming library
ii  lsb-base            3.2-23.2squeeze1     Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii  poppler-utils       0.12.4-1.2           PDF utilitites (based on libpopple
ii  procps              1:3.2.8-9            /proc file system utilities
ii  ssl-cert            1.0.28               simple debconf wrapper for OpenSSL
ii  ttf-freefont        20090104-7           Freefont Serif, Sans and Mono True
ii  zlib1g              1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3     compression library - runtime

Versions of packages cups recommends:
ii  cups-driver-gutenprint      5.2.6-1      printer drivers for CUPS
ii  foomatic-filters            4.0.5-6      OpenPrinting printer support - fil
ii  ghostscript-cups            8.71~dfsg2-9 The GPL Ghostscript PostScript/PDF

Versions of packages cups suggests:
pn  cups-bsd          <none>                 (no description available)
ii  cups-pdf          2.5.0-16               PDF printer for CUPS
ii  foomatic-db       20100630-1             OpenPrinting printer support - dat
pn  hplip             <none>                 (no description available)
ii  smbclient         2:3.5.6~dfsg-3squeeze5 command-line SMB/CIFS clients for 
ii  udev              164-3                  /dev/ and hotplug management daemo
pn  xpdf-korean | xpd <none>                 (no description available)