Bug#502504: hplip: None of the applications will start

[Alex Hermann <alex@wenlex.nl>]

Package: hplip
Version: 2.8.6.b-3
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable


None of the hp-* applications in the package will start. All fail with the
same message:

$ hp-check
error: CUPSEXT could not be loaded. Please check HPLIP installation.

This is the case for almost a year or so. Purging and reinstalling doesn't
help.

$ locate cupsext
/usr/lib/python-support/hplip/python2.5/cupsext.so
/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/cupsext.so


-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (120, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages hplip depends on:
ii  adduser                    3.110         add and remove users and groups
ii  coreutils                  6.10-6        The GNU core utilities
ii  cups                       1.3.8-1lenny2 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  hplip-data                 2.8.6.b-3     HP Linux Printing and Imaging - da
ii  libc6                      2.7-15        GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcups2                   1.3.8-1lenny2 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libdbus-1-3                1.2.1-3       simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libsnmp15                  5.4.1~dfsg-10 SNMP (Simple Network Management Pr
ii  libssl0.9.8                0.9.8g-13     SSL shared libraries
ii  libusb-0.1-4               2:0.1.12-13   userspace USB programming library
ii  lsb-base                   3.2-20        Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii  python                     2.5.2-2       An interactive high-level object-o
ii  python-dbus                0.83.0-1      simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  python-imaging             1.1.6-3       Python Imaging Library
ii  python-support             0.8.6         automated rebuilding support for P

Versions of packages hplip recommends:
ii  cups-client                1.3.8-1lenny2 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
pn  hpijs                      <none>        (no description available)
pn  hplip-gui                  <none>        (no description available)

Versions of packages hplip suggests:
pn  hplip-doc               <none>           (no description available)
ii  kdeprint                4:3.5.9.dfsg.1-5 print system for KDE
pn  openprinting-ppds       <none>           (no description available)

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