Dear maintainer. Given where we are in the release I've uploaded the following NMU to unstable. Obviously if you'd prefer a different fix you are welcome to revert.
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 9849a12..2854c8e 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+lprng (3.8.B-2.2) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+ * Non-maintainer upload.
+ * Specify executable and user to stop-start-daemon; closes security
+ issue and fixes starting with buster dpkg, Closes: #928040
+ * Use --oknodo on start so that systemd doesn't fail if lprng is already
+ running, Closes: #908770
+
+ -- Sam Hartman <hartm...@debian.org> Wed, 22 May 2019 09:18:03 -0400
+
lprng (3.8.B-2.1) unstable; urgency=medium
* Non-maintainer upload.
diff --git a/debian/lprng.init.in b/debian/lprng.init.in
index b4df6b7..97edabd 100644
--- a/debian/lprng.init.in
+++ b/debian/lprng.init.in
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ case "$1" in
[ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_daemon_msg "Starting $DESC" lpd
initialise
if start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile "${PIDFILE}" \
- --exec $DAEMON ; then
+ --oknodo --exec $DAEMON ; then
[ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 0
else
[ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 1
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ case "$1" in
;;
stop)
[ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_daemon_msg "Stopping $DESC" lpd
- if start-stop-daemon --stop --oknodo --quiet --pidfile "${PIDFILE}" ;
then
+ if start-stop-daemon --stop --oknodo --quiet --pidfile "${PIDFILE}" \
+ --exec $DAEMON --user daemon ; then
cleanup
[ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 0
else
@@ -129,7 +130,8 @@ case "$1" in
;;
restart|force-reload)
[ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_daemon_msg "Restarting $DESC" lpd
- start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile "${PIDFILE}"
+ start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile "${PIDFILE}" \
+ --exec $DAEMON --user daemon
sleep 1
initialise
start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile "${PIDFILE}" \
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