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I presume you refer to Ubuntu 13.04. I also experienced this bug so I can confirm it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to cups in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1157972 Title: Cups overwrites config with no backup Status in “cups” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Ubuntu 13.10, Upon update to cups version 1.6.1-2 all config was overwritten with no backup. Especially printers.conf ppd's remain in the ppd directory. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/1157972/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp