I'm seeing a very similar problem. I ran into this both upgrading from
13.04 to 13.10 and then from 13.10 to trusty. Specifically, I see the
following:
Setting up cups (1.7.2-0ubuntu1.1) ...
Updating PPD files for cups ...
Updating PPD files for foomatic-db-compressed-ppds ...
Password for root on localhost?
Password for root on localhost?
Password for root on localhost?
Password for root on localhost?
[Repeated in response to any input I supply, including ^c and ^d. ]
The only "solution" I found was to kill the installation process,
manually remove foomatic-db-compressed-ppds, and then attempt to resume
the installation with dpkg and apt-get directly.
** Also affects: foomatic-db (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** No longer affects: foomatic-db (Ubuntu Oneiric)
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"Add Printer" dialog requests root password if user is not in
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