Ubuntu has made a couple of changes that look like they may relate to this issue.
Changelog for version 1.5.18-1ubuntu6 says "Fix installation of cupshelpers module with Python 3.12." Changelog for version 1.5.18-1ubuntu7 says "Drop build dependency on python3-distutils." Diffs are available at http://launchpadlibrarian.net/720405816/system-config-printer_1.5.18-1ubuntu5_1.5.18-1ubuntu6.diff.gz http://launchpadlibrarian.net/720655573/system-config-printer_1.5.18-1ubuntu6_1.5.18-1ubuntu7.diff.gz Can someone review whether these changes are appropriate and fix the issue? system-config-printer is a blocker for the time_t transition.