[Bug 367444] [NEW] Installation of some metapackages fails silently

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This may be related to bug #342671, but my problem seemed different
enough that I thought it should be reported separately.  I am using
kpackagekit version 0.4-0ubuntu8 on Kubuntu 9.04.

Bug description: I have noticed that the installation of many
metapackages fails silently.  KPackageKit never offers to download the
dependencies, and then seems to go along with the package install with
no indication that the package has actually failed to install.  A quick
glance at the package in the listing shows it hasn't been installed.  I
have noticed this behavior when trying to install kubuntu-restricted-
extras, linux-rt and ubuntustudio-audio, so it should be easy to
reproduce the problem by trying to install one of the aforementioned
packages.

The only additional package repositories enabled on my system are the
jaunty partner repos.  I installed Kubuntu twice on my system just to
make sure something didn't get borked, but the problem is reproducable
the second time around.  I have just been using apt-get to install
everything.

** Affects: kpackagekit (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Installation of some metapackages fails silently
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/367444
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