I can also confirm this bug on a fresh gutsy install.
After the installation, I was prompted to install available updates. The update of several openoffice.org-packages failed because of this bug. I got a message from update-manager that not all updates could be installed.
I think that this is a really bad first impression for new users. There is nothing fancy involved here, just a normal install and a normal update via update-manager. And the user is confronted with a system error that he or she doesn't know how to solve, leaving the computer in a possibly unusable state (according to the reports from Luca, luckily I did't reboot with the packages broken). Therefore, I think this should be of importance "High"!
I can also confirm this bug on a fresh gutsy install.
After the installation, I was prompted to install available updates. The update of several openoffice. org-packages failed because of this bug. I got a message from update-manager that not all updates could be installed.
I think that this is a really bad first impression for new users. There is nothing fancy involved here, just a normal install and a normal update via update-manager. And the user is confronted with a system error that he or she doesn't know how to solve, leaving the computer in a possibly unusable state (according to the reports from Luca, luckily I did't reboot with the packages broken). Therefore, I think this should be of importance "High"!