Bug#758864: cups: jessie update/upgrade - cups fails > libcups2 (= 1.7.4-4) but 1.7.5-1 is installed

[Didier 'OdyX' Raboud <odyx@debian.org>]

Control: reopen -1

Hi again Jim,

Thanks for the more extensive information. I'm hereby reopening this 
bug, see below for the reasoning.

Le dimanche, 24 août 2014 00.36:41, vous avez écrit :
> I don't have a modified install
> The last time I had this problem, a month or so back, the same
> situation occured for a week or so and then it went away only to
> return again. That time I checked the dependency list (can't remember
> exactly how) and yes the dependancy was set to "=1.7.4.4" and I
> wondered if it should have been ">=" but didn't fiddle as I don't
> know the insides of it all. CUPS has continued working so it wasn't
> an issue but it appears to prevent a dist-upgrade so it will be a
> problem.
> 
> ---------------------------------------------
> (Reading database ... 263235 files and directories currently
> installed.) Preparing to unpack .../cups-daemon_1.7.5-1_amd64.deb ...
> Job for cups.service canceled.
> invoke-rc.d: initscript cups, action "stop" failed.

Here's the problem actually, it's not a dependency problem, rather a 
service management.

What init system do you use? (sysvinit, systemd)

Is CUPS disabled somehow before you try to upgrade it?

TIA, cheers,

OdyX