Looks similar to 48627 too. Sorry for the spam! Also, I think Simon's title was better than the ones from the original reporters (including me):
"Adept should gracefully configure half-installed packages" -- The updater doesn't tell the problem. https://launchpad.net/bugs/54450 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
