Just to clarify why this bug has so many me-too votes: the bug happened once to me, during an update, and never happened again (i.e. it fixed itself, and I can print just fine, etc.). I subscribed to this thread because I was curious as to what was going on, and I did see the problem myself once but the bug doesn't have any ongoing effect on me and I can't reproduce it.
I suspect that the majority of the people who have confirmed the bug are in the same boat, whereas some people here have the issue recurring for some reason. (It's unclear why; either there's something relevantly different about their configuration, or this is actually two different bugs with the same symptoms.) So although there are a lot of people here, I suspect rather fewer people are in a position to test the fix; I can't reproduce the bug, and thus there's no point in me testing the fix, as a working fix would look the same as a fix that had no effect at all. Would it be reasonable for people in my position to retract our confirmations of the bug, if we can no longer reproduce? Or is it best to leave the confirmation there, because I definitely did see the bug happen, once? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to cups in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1642966 Title: package cups-daemon 2.1.3-4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 Status in cups package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in cups source package in Xenial: Fix Committed Status in cups source package in Yakkety: Fix Committed Status in cups source package in Zesty: Fix Released Bug description: This is in xenial-proposed, please block release to -updates accordingly :) [Impact] * fail to upgrade [testcase] Root cause is believed to be reproducible with: #!/bin/bash systemctl stop cups.path cups.service rm /var/cache/cups/org.cups.cupsd systemctl start cups.path touch /var/cache/cups/org.cups.cupsd sleep 1 rm /var/cache/cups/org.cups.cupsd sleep 1 systemctl stop cups.service echo $? ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: cups-daemon 2.1.3-4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-46.67-generic 4.4.24 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-46-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zcommon znvpair zavl ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: amd64 CupsErrorLog: Date: Fri Nov 18 11:13:15 2016 ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-05-02 (200 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1) Lpstat: device for mallards-officejet-pro-8600: dnssd://Officejet%20Pro%208600%20%5BD63461%5D._ipp._tcp.local/?uuid=1c852a4d-b800-1f08-abcd-d89d67d63461 MachineType: Dell Inc. XPS 15 9550 Papersize: a4 PpdFiles: mallards-officejet-pro-8600: HP Officejet Pro 8600, hpcups 3.16.3 ProcCmdline: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-46-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=3643ef37-7cee-41b3-9387-2faa819c44db ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-46-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=3643ef37-7cee-41b3-9387-2faa819c44db ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1 apt 1.2.15 SourcePackage: cups Title: package cups-daemon 2.1.3-4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 04/07/2016 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: 01.02.00 dmi.board.name: 0N7TVV dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A00 dmi.chassis.type: 9 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr01.02.00:bd04/07/2016:svnDellInc.:pnXPS159550:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0N7TVV:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct9:cvr: dmi.product.name: XPS 15 9550 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/1642966/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
