I'm also getting this race condition quite frequently. I believe it's because the HUP signal is fatal before cups has fully started up and is catching the signal in its main event loop.
Jan 27 13:51:12 pc008 kernel: [ 18.008252] init: cups main process (766) killed by HUP signal Jan 27 13:51:12 pc008 kernel: [ 18.008258] init: cups main process ended, respawning -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1332131 Title: avahi-cups-reload Upstart job leads to weird race conditions To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/avahi/+bug/1332131/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
