About 3-4 weeks ago, I discovered that cupsys upgrade broke the system :

# apt-get install cupsys
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Suggested packages:
cupsys-bsd cupsys-driver-gutenprint cupsys-driver-gimpprint xpdf-korean
xpdf-japanese xpdf-chinese-traditional
xpdf-chinese-simplified cups-pdf hplip
Recommended packages:
cupsys-client
The following NEW packages will be installed
cupsys
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 280 not upgraded.
Need to get 1673kB of archives.
After unpacking 8151kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get: 1 ftp://debian.lcs.mit.edu lenny/main cupsys 1.2.11-3 [1673kB]
Fetched 1673kB in 14s (114kB/s)
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package cupsys.
(Reading database ... 418109 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking cupsys (from .../cupsys_1.2.11-3_i386.deb) ...
Setting up cupsys (1.2.11-3) ...
* Starting Common Unix Printing System: cupsd
cupsd: Child exited on signal 11!
invoke-rc.d: initscript cupsys, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing cupsys (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 3
Errors were encountered while processing:
cupsys
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

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I have patiently retried this every few days, hoping that the problem would
right itself, but to no avail.

Fortunately, I do not do much printing, so this hiccup did not bother me.
But now I do need to print and cupsys is still out of commission.

I have tried emptying all the files from /var/spool/cups/, purge removing
lprng (which removed all the lsb-* packages as well). No use.

When I run an strace, I get :

# strace apt-get install cupsys
execve("/usr/bin/apt-get", ["apt-get", "install", "cupsys"], [/* 38 vars
*/]) = 0
brk(0) = 0x8068000
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
directory)
mmap2(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) =
0xb7fab000
access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
directory)
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=138340, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 138340, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7f89000
close(3) = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
directory)
open("/usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.3-6.so.3.11", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\3 20\336"..., 512) =
512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=798872, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 798356, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) =
0xb7ec6000
mmap2(0xb7f87000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED
MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0xc1) = 0xb7f87000
close(3) = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
directory)
open("/usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\3 20)\4"..., 512) =
512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=933704, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 960236, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) =
0xb7ddb000
mmap2(0xb7ebb000, 20480, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED
MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0xdf) = 0xb7ebb000
mmap2(0xb7ec0000, 22252, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED
MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7ec0000
close(3) = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
directory)
open("/lib/i686/cmov/libm.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0P4 \0\000"..., 512) =
512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=153424, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) =
0xb7dda000
mmap2(NULL, 155776, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) =
0xb7db3000
mmap2(0xb7dd8000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED
MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x24) = 0xb7dd8000
close(3) = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
directory)
open("/lib/libgcc_s.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0P\ 31\0\000"..., 512)
= 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=41804, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 44964, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) =
0xb7da8000
mmap2(0xb7db2000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED
MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x9) = 0xb7db2000
close(3) = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
directory)
open("/lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\0 `\1\000"..., 512)
= 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=1315328, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 1320356, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) =
0xb7c65000
mmap2(0xb7da2000, 12288, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED
MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x13d) = 0xb7da2000
mmap2(0xb7da5000, 9636, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED
MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7da5000
close(3) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) =
0xb7c64000
set_thread_area({entry_number:-1 -> 6, base_addr:0xb7c648e0, limit:1048575,
seg_32bit:1, contents:0, read_exec_only:0, limit_in_pages:1,
seg_not_present:0, useable:1}) = 0
mprotect(0xb7da2000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0xb7ebb000, 12288, PROT_READ) = 0
munmap(0xb7f89000, 138340) = 0
brk(0) = 0x8068000
brk(0x8089000) = 0x8089000
open("/dev/null", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC|O_LARGEFILE, 0666) = 3
open("/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 4
fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=317792, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 317792, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 4, 0) = 0xb7c16000
close(4) = 0
stat64("/var/lib/apt/.", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
stat64("/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) =
0
open("/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_LARGEFILE|O_DIRECTORY) =
4
fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
fcntl64(4, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0
getdents64(4, /* 4 entries */, 4096) = 128
stat64("/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/70debconf", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644,
st_size=182, ...}) = 0
stat64("/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/15adept-periodic-update", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644,
st_size=129, ...}) = 0
getdents64(4, /* 0 entries */, 4096) = 0
close(4) = 0
open("/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/15adept-periodic-update", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) =
4
read(4, "APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Li"..., 8191) = 129
read(4, "", 8191) = 0
close(4) = 0
open("/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/70debconf", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 4
read(4, "// Pre-configure all packages wi"..., 8191) = 182
read(4, "", 8191) = 0
close(4) = 0
stat64("/etc/apt/apt.conf", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=40, ...}) = 0
open("/etc/apt/apt.conf", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 4
read(4, "APT::Authentication::TrustCDROM "..., 8191) = 40
read(4, "", 8191) = 0
close(4) = 0
stat64("/var/lib/dpkg/status", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=2706236, ...})
= 0
stat64("/usr/bin/dpkg", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=334580, ...}) = 0
stat64("/etc/debian_version", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=10, ...}) = 0
ioctl(1, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo ...})
= 0
rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, {SIG_IGN}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGWINCH, {0x804c640, [WINCH], SA_RESTART}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0
ioctl(1, TIOCGWINSZ, {ws_row=29, ws_col=114, ws_xpixel=0, ws_ypixel=0}) = 0
open("/var/lib/dpkg/lock", O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, 0640) = 4
fcntl64(4, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0
fcntl64(4, F_SETLK, {type=F_WRLCK, whence=SEEK_SET, start=0, len=0}) = 0
open("/var/lib/dpkg/updates/", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_LARGEFILE|O_DIRECTORY)
= 5
fstat64(5, {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
fcntl64(5, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0
getdents64(5, /* 2 entries */, 4096) = 48
getdents64(5, /* 0 entries */, 4096) = 0
close(5) = 0
stat64("/etc/apt/sources.list", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=1273, ...}) =
0
open("/etc/apt/sources.list", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 5
read(5, "deb file:/usr/src/apt/store apt-"..., 8191) = 1273
read(5, "", 8191) = 0
close(5) = 0
stat64("/etc/apt/sources.list.d/", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755,
st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
open("/etc/apt/sources.list.d/", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_LARGEFILE
O_DIRECTORY) = 5
fstat64(5, {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
fcntl64(5, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0
getdents64(5, /* 2 entries */, 4096) = 48
getdents64(5, /* 0 entries */, 4096) = 0
close(5) = 0
stat64("/var/lib/apt/lists/_usr_src_apt_store_dists_apt-build_Release.gpg",
0xbfc3fe60) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat6
("/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.lcs.mit.edu_debian_dists_lenny_Release.gpg" ,
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=189, ...}) = 0
stat6
("/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.lcs.mit.edu_debian_dists_lenny_Release.gpg" ,
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=189, ...}) = 0
stat6
("/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.lcs.mit.edu_debian_dists_lenny_Release.gpg" ,
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=189, ...}) = 0
stat6
("/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.lcs.mit.edu_debian_dists_lenny_Release.gpg" ,
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=189, ...}) = 0
stat6
("/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.lcs.mit.edu_debian_dists_lenny_Release.gpg" ,
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=189, ...}) = 0
stat6
("/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.lcs.mit.edu_debian_dists_lenny_Release.gpg" ,
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=189, ...}) = 0
stat6
("/var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_lenny_updates_Release.gp g",
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=189, ...}) = 0
stat6
("/var/lib/apt/lists/www.debian-multimedia.org_dists_etch_Release.gpg",
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=189, ...}) = 0
stat64("/var/lib/apt/lists/deb.opera.com_opera_dists_etch_Release.gpg",
0xbfc3fe60) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat64("/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.beryl-project.org_dists_etch_Release.gpg",
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=191, ...}) = 0
stat64("/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.beryl-project.org_dists_etch_Release.gpg",
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=191, ...}) = 0
stat6
("/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.lcs.mit.edu_debian_dists_unstable_Release.g pg",
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=189, ...}) = 0
stat6
("/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.lcs.mit.edu_debian_dists_unstable_Release.g pg",
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=189, ...}) = 0
stat6
("/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.lcs.mit.edu_debian_dists_unstable_Release.g pg",
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=189, ...}) = 0
stat6
("/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.lcs.mit.edu_debian_dists_unstable_Release.g pg",
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=189, ...}) = 0
stat6
("/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.lcs.mit.edu_debian_dists_unstable_Release.g pg",
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=189, ...}) = 0
stat6
("/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.lcs.mit.edu_debian_dists_unstable_Release.g pg",
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=189, ...}) = 0
access("/var/cache/apt/", W_OK) = 0
open("/usr/share/locale/locale.alias", O_RDONLY) = 5
fstat64(5, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=2582, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) =
0xb7faa000
read(5, "# Locale name alias data base.\n#"..., 4096) = 2582
read(5, "", 4096) = 0
close(5) = 0
munmap(0xb7faa000, 4096) = 0
open("/usr/share/locale/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/libapt-pkg3.11.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1
ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/libapt-pkg3.11.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1
ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/libapt-pkg3.11.mo", O_RDONLY) = 5
fstat64(5, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=22761, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 22761, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 5, 0) = 0xb7fa5000
close(5) = 0
open("/usr/lib/gconv/gconv-modules.cache", O_RDONLY) = 5
fstat64(5, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=25486, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 25486, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, 5, 0) = 0xb7f9e000
close(5) = 0
open("/usr/lib/gconv/ISO8859-1.so", O_RDONLY) = 5
read(5, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0P\ 3\0\000"..., 512)
= 512
fstat64(5, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=5384, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 8220, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 5, 0) =
0xb7f9b000
mmap2(0xb7f9c000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED
MAP_DENYWRITE, 5, 0) = 0xb7f9c000
close(5) = 0
fstat64(1, {st_mode=S_IFCHR|0600, st_rdev=makedev(136, 0), ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) =
0xb7f9a000
) = 29g package lists... 0% lists... 0%\r", 29
stat64("/var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644,
st_size=9497815, ...}) = 0
open("/var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin", O_RDONLY) = 5
fcntl64(5, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0
fstat64(5, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=9497815, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 9497815, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, 5, 0) = 0xb7307000
stat6
("/var/lib/apt/lists/_usr_src_apt_store_dists_apt-build_main_binary-i386_Packages",
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
stat6
("/var/lib/apt/lists/_usr_src_apt_store_dists_apt-build_main_binary-i386_Packages",
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
stat6
("/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.lcs.mit.edu_debian_dists_lenny_main_binary-i386_Packages",
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=20743812, ...}) = 0
stat6
("/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.lcs.mit.edu_debian_dists_lenny_main_binary-i386_Packages",
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=20743812, ...}) = 0
stat6
("/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.lcs.mit.edu_debian_dists_lenny_contrib_bina ry-i386_Packages",
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=267901, ...}) = 0
stat6
("/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.lcs.mit.edu_debian_dists_lenny_contrib_bina ry-i386_Packages",
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=267901, ...}) = 0
stat6
("/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.lcs.mit.edu_debian_dists_lenny_non-free_binary-i386_Packages",
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=329654, ...}) = 0
stat6
("/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.lcs.mit.edu_debian_dists_lenny_non-free_binary-i386_Packages",
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=329654, ...}) = 0
stat6
("/var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_lenny_updates_main_binar y-i386_Packages",
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=96770, ...}) = 0
stat6
("/var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_lenny_updates_main_binar y-i386_Packages",
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=96770, ...}) = 0
stat6
("/var/lib/apt/lists/www.debian-multimedia.org_dists_etch_main_binary-i386_Packages",
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=182243, ...}) = 0
stat6
("/var/lib/apt/lists/www.debian-multimedia.org_dists_etch_main_binary-i386_Packages",
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=182243, ...}) = 0
stat6
("/var/lib/apt/lists/deb.opera.com_opera_dists_etch_non-free_binary-i386_Packages",
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=1898, ...}) = 0
stat6
("/var/lib/apt/lists/deb.opera.com_opera_dists_etch_non-free_binary-i386_Packages",
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=1898, ...}) = 0
stat6
("/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.beryl-project.org_dists_etch_main_binary-i386_Packages",
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=75111, ...}) = 0
stat6
("/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.beryl-project.org_dists_etch_main_binary-i386_Packages",
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=75111, ...}) = 0
stat6
("/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.lcs.mit.edu_debian_dists_unstable_main_bina ry-i386_Packages",
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=21832997, ...}) = 0
stat6
("/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.lcs.mit.edu_debian_dists_unstable_main_bina ry-i386_Packages",
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=21832997, ...}) = 0
stat6
("/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.lcs.mit.edu_debian_dists_unstable_contrib_b inary-i386_Packages",
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=286549, ...}) = 0
stat6
("/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.lcs.mit.edu_debian_dists_unstable_contrib_b inary-i386_Packages",
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=286549, ...}) = 0
stat6
("/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.lcs.mit.edu_debian_dists_unstable_non-free_binary-i386_Packages",
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=396469, ...}) = 0
stat6
("/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.lcs.mit.edu_debian_dists_unstable_non-free_binary-i386_Packages",
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=396469, ...}) = 0
stat64("/var/lib/dpkg/status", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=2706236, ...})
= 0
munmap(0xb7307000, 9497815) = 0
close(5) = 0
unlink("/var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin") = 0
lstat64("/var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin", 0xbfc3ff30) = -1 ENOENT (No such file
or directory)
open("/var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin", O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, 0666) = 5
fcntl64(5, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0
fchmod(5, 0644) = 0
fstat64(5, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
lseek(5, 12582911, SEEK_SET) = 12582911
write(5, "\0", 1) = 1
fstat64(5, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=12582912, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 12582912, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, 5, 0) = 0xb7016000
stat64("/var/cache/apt/srcpkgcache.bin", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644,
st_size=9189255, ...}) = 0
open("/var/cache/apt/srcpkgcache.bin", O_RDONLY) = 6
fcntl64(6, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0
fstat64(6, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=9189255, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 9189255, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, 6, 0) = 0xb6752000
stat6
("/var/lib/apt/lists/_usr_src_apt_store_dists_apt-build_main_binary-i386_Packages",
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=0, ...}) = 0

<lots of such messages>

stat6
("/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.lcs.mit.edu_debian_dists_unstable_non-free_binary-i386_Packages",
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=396469, ...}) = 0
munmap(0xb6752000, 9189255) = 0
close(6) = 0
open("/var/cache/apt/srcpkgcache.bin", O_RDONLY) = 6
fcntl64(6, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0
fstat64(6, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=9189255, ...}) = 0
fstat64(6, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=9189255, ...}) = 0
read(6, "\334v\376\230\4\0\0\0\0\0X!(\0008\0000\0\34\0\24\ 0\20\0"...,
9189255) = 9189255
stat64("/var/lib/dpkg/status", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=2706236, ...})
= 0
msync(0xb7016000, 8536, MS_SYNC) = 0
stat64("/var/lib/dpkg/status", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=2706236, ...})
= 0
open("/var/lib/dpkg/status", O_RDONLY) = 7
fcntl64(7, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0
read(7, "Package: libinventor0\nStatus: in"..., 32768) = 32768
) = 29g package lists... 0% lists... 0%\r", 29
stat64("/var/lib/dpkg/status", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=2706236, ...})
= 0
fstat64(7, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=2706236, ...}) = 0
read(7, "= 4:3.5.5-1), libc6 (>= 2.3.6-6)"..., 32508) = 32508
read(7, " you may customize the interface"..., 31327) = 31327
gettimeofday({1184040824, 397297}, NULL) = 0
) = 29g package lists... 3% lists... 3%\r", 29
read(7, "nel modules for 2.6.22-rc3\n .\n I"..., 32017) = 32017
read(7, "5-13), libc6.1 (<< 2.2.5-13), li"..., 32538) = 32538
read(7, "ogram into many languages, and s"..., 32135) = 32135
gettimeofday({1184040824, 399982}, NULL) = 0
read(7, "n a unbootable state after an up"..., 31879) = 31879
read(7, "86\nSource: avahi\nVersion: 0.6.16"..., 32552) = 32552
read(7, "arallel computers. It was\n devel"..., 32048) = 32048
gettimeofday({1184040824, 402432}, NULL) = 0
read(7, "ner: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS) <g"..., 32660) = 32660
read(7, "es: bsdmainutils (<= 4.5.1), bsd"..., 32592) = 32592
gettimeofday({1184040824, 404631}, NULL) = 0
read(7, "kage: mgetty-viewfax\nStatus: ins"..., 32765) = 32765
read(7, "amples if the CD is available.\n "..., 32217) = 32217
read(7, "ns to\n tune your desktop look.\n "..., 32354) = 32354

<lots of such messages>

gettimeofday({1184040824, 472887}, NULL) = 0
read(7, " | xlibs (>> 4.1.0), mozilla-bro"..., 32411) = 32411
read(7, "ls and terminal emulators. It i"..., 31997) = 31997
read(7, "ed\nPriority: optional\nSection: l"..., 32720) = 32720
gettimeofday({1184040824, 475354}, NULL) = 0
read(7, "language (version 2.4)\n This pac"..., 32367) = 32367
read(7, "ith a command-line syntax nearly"..., 32371) = 2116
read(7, "", 30255) = 0
close(7) = 0
msync(0xb7016000, 9497815, MS_SYNC) = 0
msync(0xb7016000, 8536, MS_SYNC) = 0
close(6) = 0
munmap(0xb7016000, 12582912) = 0
ftruncate(5, 9497815) = 0
fstat64(5, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=9497815, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 9497815, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, 5, 0) = 0xb7307000
close(5) = 0
) = 31g package lists... Doneists... Done\r", 31
write(1, "\n", 1
) = 1
mmap2(NULL, 339968, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0)
= 0xb72b4000
stat64("/etc/apt/preferences", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=106, ...}) = 0
open("/etc/apt/preferences", O_RDONLY) = 5
fcntl64(5, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0
read(5, "Package: *\nPin: release a=testin"..., 32768) = 106
read(5, "", 32662) = 0
close(5) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 679936, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0)
= 0xb720e000
mmap2(NULL, 176128, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0)
= 0xb71e3000
) = 32ng dependency tree... 0%y tree... 0%\r", 32
) = 32ng dependency tree... 0%y tree... 0%\r", 32
gettimeofday({1184040824, 750188}, NULL) = 0

<lots of such messages>

gettimeofday({1184040824, 779812}, NULL) = 0
gettimeofday({1184040824, 780402}, NULL) = 0
gettimeofday({1184040824, 780991}, NULL) = 0
gettimeofday({1184040824, 781621}, NULL) = 0
) = 33ng dependency tree... 50% tree... 50%"..., 33
) = 33ng dependency tree... 50% tree... 50%"..., 33
gettimeofday({1184040824, 782331}, NULL) = 0
gettimeofday({1184040824, 787315}, NULL) = 0
gettimeofday({1184040824, 791661}, NULL) = 0
<lots of such messages>

gettimeofday({1184040824, 979803}, NULL) = 0
gettimeofday({1184040824, 984632}, NULL) = 0
gettimeofday({1184040824, 988999}, NULL) = 0
) = 34ng dependency tree... Donetree... Don"..., 34
write(1, "\n", 1
) = 1
brk(0x80bb000) = 0x80bb000
open("/proc/meminfo", O_RDONLY) = 5
fstat64(5, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0444, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) =
0xb71e2000
read(5, "MemTotal: 906080 kB\nMemFre"..., 1024) = 624
close(5) = 0
munmap(0xb71e2000, 4096) = 0
open("/usr/share/locale/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/apt.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No
such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/apt.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No
such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/apt.mo", O_RDONLY) = 5
fstat64(5, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=32614, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 32614, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 5, 0) = 0xb71db000
close(5) = 0
write(1, "cupsys is already the newest ver"..., 38cupsys is already the
newest version.
) = 38
brk(0x80de000) = 0x80de000
brk(0x80d1000) = 0x80d1000
brk(0x8108000) = 0x8108000
brk(0x80ec000) = 0x80ec000
brk(0x80d1000) = 0x80d1000
write(1, "0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0"..., 650 upgraded, 0 newly
installed, 0 to remove and 280 not upgraded.
) = 65
write(1, "1 not fully installed or removed"..., 341 not fully installed or
removed.
) = 34
open("/var/lib/dpkg/status", O_RDONLY) = 5
fcntl64(5, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0
read(5, "Package: libinventor0\nStatus: in"..., 25606) = 25606
open("/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.lcs.mit.edu_debian_dists_unstable_non-free_binary-i386_Packages",
O_RDONLY) = 6
fcntl64(6, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0
read(6, "Package: abs-guide\nPriority: opt"..., 25606) = 25606
open("/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.lcs.mit.edu_debian_dists_unstable_contrib_b inary-i386_Packages",
O_RDONLY) = 7
fcntl64(7, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0
read(7, "Package: acx100-source\nPriority:"..., 25606) = 25606
open("/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.lcs.mit.edu_debian_dists_unstable_main_bina ry-i386_Packages",
O_RDONLY) = 8
fcntl64(8, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0
read(8, "Package: 2vcard\nPriority: option"..., 25606) = 25606
open("/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.beryl-project.org_dists_etch_main_binary-i386_Packages",
O_RDONLY) = 9
fcntl64(9, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0
read(9, "Package: aquamarine\nPriority: op"..., 25606) = 25606
open("/var/lib/apt/lists/deb.opera.com_opera_dists_etch_non-free_binary-i386_Packages",
O_RDONLY) = 10
fcntl64(10, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0
brk(0x80f7000) = 0x80f7000
read(10, "Package: opera\nVersion: 9.21-200"..., 25606) = 1898
read(10, "", 23708) = 0
open("/var/lib/apt/lists/www.debian-multimedia.org_dists_etch_main_binary-i386_Packages",
O_RDONLY) = 11
fcntl64(11, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0
read(11, "Package: 3gpwiz\nPriority: extra\n"..., 25606) = 25606
open("/var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_lenny_updates_main_binar y-i386_Packages",
O_RDONLY) = 12
fcntl64(12, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0
read(12, "Package: aircrack\nPriority: extr"..., 25606) = 25606
open("/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.lcs.mit.edu_debian_dists_lenny_non-free_binary-i386_Packages",
O_RDONLY) = 13
fcntl64(13, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0
read(13, "Package: abs-guide\nPriority: opt"..., 25606) = 25606
open("/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.lcs.mit.edu_debian_dists_lenny_contrib_bina ry-i386_Packages",
O_RDONLY) = 14
fcntl64(14, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0
read(14, "Package: acx100-source\nPriority:"..., 25606) = 25606
open("/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.lcs.mit.edu_debian_dists_lenny_main_binary-i386_Packages",
O_RDONLY) = 15
fcntl64(15, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0
brk(0x8118000) = 0x8118000
read(15, "Package: 3270-common\nPriority: o"..., 25606) = 25606
open("/var/lib/apt/lists/_usr_src_apt_store_dists_apt-build_main_binary-i386_Packages",
O_RDONLY) = 16
fcntl64(16, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0
read(16, "", 25606) = 0
open("/var/cache/apt/archives/lock", O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, 0640) = 17
fcntl64(17, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0
fcntl64(17, F_SETLK, {type=F_WRLCK, whence=SEEK_SET, start=0, len=0}) = 0
gettimeofday({1184040825, 129421}, NULL) = 0
gettimeofday({1184040825, 129683}, NULL) = 0
stat64("/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755,
st_size=32768, ...}) = 0
stat64("/var/cache/apt/archives/partial/", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755,
st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
stat64("/etc/apt/sources.list", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=1273, ...}) =
0
open("/etc/apt/sources.list", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 18
read(18, "deb file:/usr/src/apt/store apt-"..., 8191) = 1273
read(18, "", 8191) = 0
close(18) = 0
stat64("/etc/apt/sources.list.d/", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755,
st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
open("/etc/apt/sources.list.d/", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_LARGEFILE
O_DIRECTORY) = 18
fstat64(18, {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
fcntl64(18, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0
getdents64(18, /* 2 entries */, 4096) = 48
getdents64(18, /* 0 entries */, 4096) = 0
close(18) = 0
brk(0x813d000) = 0x813d000
brk(0x8166000) = 0x8166000
brk(0x819e000) = 0x819e000
brk(0x8182000) = 0x8182000
brk(0x8166000) = 0x8166000
brk(0x819e000) = 0x819e000
brk(0x8182000) = 0x8182000
brk(0x8166000) = 0x8166000
write(1, "Need to get 0B of archives.\n", 28Need to get 0B of archives.
) = 28
write(1, "After unpacking 0B of additional"..., 58After unpacking 0B of
additional disk space will be used.
) = 58
statfs("/var/cache/apt/archives/", {f_type="EXT2_SUPER_MAGIC", f_bsize=4096,
f_blocks=1201764, f_bfree=763441, f_bavail=702395, f_files=610432,
f_ffree=543642, f_fsid={1832621312, -106755227}, f_namelen=255,
f_frsize=4096}) = 0
stat64("/var/cache/apt/archives/", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755,
st_size=69632, ...}) = 0
open("/proc/mounts", O_RDONLY) = 18
fstat64(18, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0444, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) =
0xb71da000
read(18, "rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0\nnone /sys"..., 1024) = 695
read(18, "", 1024) = 0
_llseek(18, 0, [0], SEEK_SET) = 0
read(18, "rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0\nnone /sys"..., 1024) = 695
stat64("/", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
stat64("/dev/.static/dev", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=28672, ...}) = 0
stat64("/boot", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=1024, ...}) = 0
stat64("/var", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
close(18) = 0
munmap(0xb71da000, 4096) = 0
gettimeofday({1184040825, 168993}, NULL) = 0
gettimeofday({1184040825, 169136}, NULL) = 0
gettimeofday({1184040825, 169274}, NULL) = 0
) = 2
close(4) = 0
brk(0x819e000) = 0x819e000
brk(0x8182000) = 0x8182000
brk(0x8166000) = 0x8166000
brk(0x819e000) = 0x819e000
brk(0x8182000) = 0x8182000
brk(0x8166000) = 0x8166000
brk(0x8190000) = 0x8190000
brk(0x81c7000) = 0x81c7000
brk(0x81ab000) = 0x81ab000
brk(0x8174000) = 0x8174000
brk(0x8166000) = 0x8166000
pipe([4, 18]) = 0
fcntl64(4, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0
fcntl64(18, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0
clone(child_stack=0, flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGC HLD,
child_tidptr=0xb7c64928) = 4414
close(4) = 0
fcntl64(18, F_GETFL) = 0x1 (flags O_WRONLY)
fstat64(18, {st_mode=S_IFIFO|0600, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) =
0xb71da000
_llseek(18, 0, 0xbfc3f18c, SEEK_CUR) = -1 ESPIPE (Illegal seek)
close(18) = 0
munmap(0xb71da000, 4096) = 0
waitpid(4414, [{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 0}], 0) = 4414
--- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) ---
pipe([4, 18]) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGQUIT, {SIG_IGN}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {SIG_IGN}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0
clone(child_stack=0, flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGC HLD,
child_tidptr=0xb7c64928) = 4419
fcntl64(4, F_SETFL, O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK) = 0
close(18) = 0
waitpid(4419, 0xbfc3fb0c, WNOHANG) = 0
read(4, 0xbfc3fb9e, 1) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily
unavailable)
nanosleep({0, 1000000}, NULL) = 0
waitpid(4419, 0xbfc3fb0c, WNOHANG) = 0
read(4, 0xbfc3fb9e, 1) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily
unavailable)
nanosleep({0, 1000000}, NULL) = 0
waitpid(4419, 0xbfc3fb0c, WNOHANG) = 0
read(4, 0xbfc3fb9e, 1) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily
unavailable)
nanosleep({0, 1000000}, NULL) = 0
waitpid(4419, 0xbfc3fb0c, WNOHANG) = 0
read(4, 0xbfc3fb9e, 1) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily
unavailable)
nanosleep({0, 1000000}, NULL) = 0
waitpid(4419, 0xbfc3fb0c, WNOHANG) = 0
read(4, 0xbfc3fb9e, 1) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily
unavailable)
nanosleep({0, 1000000}, NULL) = 0
waitpid(4419, 0xbfc3fb0c, WNOHANG) = 0
read(4, 0xbfc3fb9e, 1) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily
unavailable)

<tons of these messages>

waitpid(4419, 0xbfc3fb0c, WNOHANG) = 0
read(4, 0xbfc3fb9e, 1) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily
unavailable)
nanosleep({0, 1000000}, Errors were encountered while processing:
cupsys
NULL) = 0
waitpid(4419, 0xbfc3fb0c, WNOHANG) = 0
read(4, 0xbfc3fb9e, 1) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily
unavailable)
nanosleep({0, 1000000}, 0) = ? ERESTART_RESTARTBLOCK (To be
restarted)
--- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) ---
restart_syscall(<... resuming interrupted call ...>) = 0
waitpid(4419, [{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 1}], WNOHANG) = 4419
close(4) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGQUIT, {SIG_DFL}, {SIG_IGN}, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {SIG_DFL}, {SIG_IGN}, 8) = 0
brk(0x814b000) = 0x814b000
brk(0x813d000) = 0x813d000
brk(0x8121000) = 0x8121000
close(17) = 0
close(16) = 0
close(15) = 0
close(14) = 0
close(13) = 0
close(12) = 0
close(11) = 0
close(10) = 0
close(9) = 0
close(8) = 0
close(7) = 0
close(6) = 0
close(5) = 0
munmap(0xb720e000, 679936) = 0
munmap(0xb71e3000, 176128) = 0
munmap(0xb72b4000, 339968) = 0
munmap(0xb7307000, 9497815) = 0
write(2, "E: ", 3E: ) = 3
write(2, "Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg return"..., 52Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg
returned an error code (1)) = 52
write(2, "\n", 1
) = 1
close(3) = 0
exit_group(100) = ?
Process 4399 detached

So, some resource is not available and that is killing the upgrade. What is
it and how do I get cups to install (and run properly) ?



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