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[Bug 1389009] [NEW] No error message when trying to install samba printer and neither samba-client nor gnome-packagekit-tools is installed

 

Public bug reported:

When trying to install a samba printer and samba-client is not installed
newprinter.py tries to install the package using gpk-install-package-
name. This fails if gnome-packagekit-tools is not installed and no error
message is shown which leaves the user waiting.

** Affects: system-config-printer (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Summary changed:

- No error message when trying to install samba printer neither samba-client nor gnome-packagekit-tools is installed
+ No error message when trying to install samba printer and neither samba-client nor gnome-packagekit-tools is installed

** Description changed:

  When trying to install a samba printer and samba-client is not installed
  newprinter.py tries to install the package using gpk-install-package-
  name. This fails if gnome-packagekit-tools is not installed and no error
- message is shown.
+ message is shown which leaves the user waiting.

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Title:
  No error message when trying to install samba printer and neither
  samba-client nor gnome-packagekit-tools is installed

Status in “system-config-printer” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  When trying to install a samba printer and samba-client is not
  installed newprinter.py tries to install the package using gpk-
  install-package-name. This fails if gnome-packagekit-tools is not
  installed and no error message is shown which leaves the user waiting.

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