cupsys package silently destroys existing /etc/printcap

[Matthew Flaschen]

Henry House wrote:
> Package: cupsys
> Version: 1.2.4-2ubuntu3
> Severity: serious
> Justification: Policy 10.7.3 "Configuration Files: Behavior"
> 
> Installing this package silently causes an /etc/printcap to be overwritten
> with an empty file, without asking the user. In my case it did not even
> save a backup of the original file. Clobbering locally modified
> configuration files is a violation of Debian packaging policy, section
> 10.7.3, which says that users' local modifications are to be preserved.

Have you filed a bug on launchpad (https://bugs.launchpad.net)?

Matt Flaschen