Error installing upgraded cupsys

Setting affected package to "cupsys".

The file causing the problem is

/usr/share/omf/windows/windows-C.omf

which is part of ubuntu-docs. I do not know why this complaint appears during the update of CUPS.

Can you check whether CUPS got really updated ("dpkg -l '*cupsys*'")? What happens if you run "sudo apt-get dist-upgrade" on the command line? Does it tell in the end about packages whose installation/configuration could not be completed? Which packages get listed?

Definitely an ubuntu-docs bug. Don't worry about giving more information; we'll check and confirm

FWIW

mnemo@gutsyT5:~$ dpkg -l '*cupsys*'
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-f/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/t-aWait/T-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-========================-========================-================================================================
ii cupsys 1.3.0-4ubuntu3 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - server
ii cupsys-bsd 1.3.0-4ubuntu3 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - BSD commands
ii cupsys-client 1.3.0-4ubuntu3 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - client programs (SysV)
ii cupsys-common 1.3.0-4ubuntu3 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - common files
un cupsys-driver-gimpprint <none> (no description available)
un cupsys-driver-gimpprint- <none> (no description available)
ii cupsys-driver-gutenprint 5.0.1-0ubuntu3 printer drivers for CUPS
un cupsys-pstoraster <none> (no description available)
un cupsys-pt <none> (no description available)
ii libcupsys2 1.3.0-4ubuntu3 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - libs
mnemo@gutsyT5:~$

Not a cupsys bug; it's just coincidence that it appeared here.

I have noticed exactly the same lines in my upgrade log the first time (sorry, the evidence was lost), but I also have additional symptoms (see below). When I unchecked cupsys from the upgrade list the upgrade finished without errors and only cupsys is left as an upgradable package.

Trying to upgrade cupsys now fails with a GUI message:

"E: /var/cache/apt/archives/cupsys_1.3.2-1ubuntu4_i386.deb: trying to overwrite `/usr/share/doc/libcupsys2/CREDITS.txt', which is also in package libcupsys2"

In the log:

Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 136800 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace cupsys 1.3.2-1ubuntu1 (using .../cupsys_1.3.2-1ubuntu4_i386.deb) ...
Ignoring nonregistered document cupsys
 * Stopping Common Unix Printing System: cupsd
   ...done.
Unpacking replacement cupsys ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/cupsys_1.3.2-1ubuntu4_i386.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite `/usr/share/doc/libcupsys2/CREDITS.txt', which is also in package libcupsys2
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
 * Starting Common Unix Printing System: cupsd
   ...done.
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/cupsys_1.3.2-1ubuntu4_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:

I can confirm uga's report as I experienced the same issue...

E: /var/cache/apt/archives/cupsys_1.3.2-1ubuntu4_i386.deb: trying to overwrite `/usr/share/doc/libcupsys2/CREDITS.txt', which is also in package libcupsys2

Shall I change to confimed?

Exactly the same problem on my system:

"dpkg: Fehler beim Bearbeiten von /var/cache/apt/archives/cupsys_1.3.2-1ubuntu4_i386.deb (--unpack):
 Versuche, »/usr/share/doc/libcupsys2/CREDITS.txt« zu überschreiben, welches auch in Paket libcupsys2 ist"

I can also confirm uga's report, but it's not the same bug from what I can tell. I'm still trying to find the right bug report

uga's problem is not the original problem reported in this bug, it is bug 149106. Please discuss that problem there.

Seems like this is fixed now, thanks!

whoops my bad...

if you remove kubuntu-docs from the command line and reinstall it it works just fine.
Errors were encountered while processing:
 kubuntu-docs

sudo apt-get remove kubuntu-docs
and then once it completes:
sudo apt-get install kubuntu-docs