I have attached another revision.
diff -Nru cups-1.7.1/debian/changelog cups-1.7.1/debian/changelog --- cups-1.7.1/debian/changelog 2014-03-20 14:06:33.000000000 -0700 +++ cups-1.7.1/debian/changelog 2014-03-29 21:45:03.000000000 -0700 @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +cups (1.7.1-10.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium + + * Non-maintainer upload. + * Added Upstart support + + -- Cameron Norman <cameron@cameron-probook> Tue, 25 Mar 2014 19:06:28 -0700 + cups (1.7.1-10) unstable; urgency=medium [ Till Kamppeter ] diff -Nru cups-1.7.1/debian/control cups-1.7.1/debian/control --- cups-1.7.1/debian/control 2014-03-12 03:55:25.000000000 -0700 +++ cups-1.7.1/debian/control 2014-03-29 21:45:04.000000000 -0700 @@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, procps, - lsb-base (>= 3), + lsb-base (>= 4.1+Debian3), libcups2 (= ${binary:Version}), ssl-cert (>= 1.0.11), adduser, diff -Nru cups-1.7.1/debian/cups-daemon.avahi-reload-cups.upstart cups-1.7.1/debian/cups-daemon.avahi-reload-cups.upstart --- cups-1.7.1/debian/cups-daemon.avahi-reload-cups.upstart 1969-12-31 16:00:00.000000000 -0800 +++ cups-1.7.1/debian/cups-daemon.avahi-reload-cups.upstart 2014-03-29 21:45:03.000000000 -0700 @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +description "Reload CUPS to ensure remote queues are populated" +author "Dimitri John Ledkov <dimitrijs.ledk...@canonicol.com>" + +start on started avahi-daemon + +task + +exec reload cups diff -Nru cups-1.7.1/debian/cups-daemon.cups.init cups-1.7.1/debian/cups-daemon.cups.init --- cups-1.7.1/debian/cups-daemon.cups.init 2014-03-12 03:55:18.000000000 -0700 +++ cups-1.7.1/debian/cups-daemon.cups.init 2014-03-29 21:45:03.000000000 -0700 @@ -53,6 +53,17 @@ fi } +if init_is_upstart; then + case "$1" in + stop) + exit 0 + ;; + *) + exit 1 + ;; + esac +fi + case "$1" in start) log_daemon_msg "Starting $DESC" "$NAME" diff -Nru cups-1.7.1/debian/cups-daemon.cups.upstart cups-1.7.1/debian/cups-daemon.cups.upstart --- cups-1.7.1/debian/cups-daemon.cups.upstart 1969-12-31 16:00:00.000000000 -0800 +++ cups-1.7.1/debian/cups-daemon.cups.upstart 2014-03-29 21:45:03.000000000 -0700 @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +description "CUPS - Common Unix Printing Service" + +start on filesystem +stop on runlevel [016] + +expect fork +respawn + +pre-start script + [ -x /usr/sbin/cupsd ] || { stop; exit 0; } + + # load modules for parallel port support + [ -r /etc/default/cups ] && . /etc/default/cups || true + if [ "$LOAD_LP_MODULE" = "yes" -a \ + -f /usr/lib/cups/backend/parallel -a \ + -f /proc/modules -a \ + -x /sbin/modprobe ]; then + modprobe -q -b lp || true + modprobe -q -b ppdev || true + modprobe -q -b parport_pc || true + fi + + mkdir -p /var/run/cups/certs + + if [ -x /lib/init/apparmor-profile-load ]; then + /lib/init/apparmor-profile-load usr.sbin.cupsd + fi +end script + +exec /usr/sbin/cupsd diff -Nru cups-1.7.1/debian/rules cups-1.7.1/debian/rules --- cups-1.7.1/debian/rules 2014-03-12 03:55:18.000000000 -0700 +++ cups-1.7.1/debian/rules 2014-03-29 21:45:03.000000000 -0700 @@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ override_dh_install: ifeq ($(derives_from_ubuntu),yes) - # Use upstart script on Ubuntu; we need to hide it away for Debian - # builds, as dh_installinit does not have a --sysvinit-only + # Delete Debian's Upstart jobs and copy Ubuntu's over + rm -f debian/*.upstart cp debian/local/*.upstart debian endif dh_install @@ -133,7 +133,8 @@ ifeq ($(derives_from_ubuntu),yes) dh_installinit --name=cups --upstart-only else - dh_installinit --name=cups + # avahi-reload-cups used by Upstart to avoid waiting for Avahi before starting + dh_installinit --name=cups --name=avahi-reload-cups endif override_dh_fixperms: @@ -164,7 +165,6 @@ rm -f man/client.conf.man packaging/cups.list rm -f conf/mime.convs conf/snmp.conf init/org.cups.cups-lpd.plist [ ! -f Makedefs ] || make distclean - rm -f debian/*.upstart # master copy is in debian/local override_dh_installdocs: dh_installdocs -plibcupsimage2-dev --link-doc=libcupsimage2