If I manually stop or stop/start cups.socket & cups.path, then cups.service is stopping successfully, and I can now proceed with the cups upgrade on a broken system.
With that being said, this could be a good workaround for Xenial users blocked by this situation. systemctl stop cups.socket systemctl stop cups.path and then : systemctl stop cups.service -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to 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 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/1642966/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
