[Bug 1060507] [NEW] Opaque error message "Installing packages by files isn't supported"

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I tried to burn a video DVD with Brasero.  I lined up some mpg videos to add, put a blank DVD in the drive, and clicked "Burn".  Then I got an error message saying:
"Installing packages by files isn't supported
"This method hasn't yet been implemented."

Please note that this bug report isn't about my inability to burn DVDs.
It's about the error message being surprisingly unhelpful, and
apparently unrelated to what I was trying to do at the time.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: sessioninstaller 0.20+bzr128-0ubuntu1.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-31.50-generic 3.2.28
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-31-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu13
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Oct  3 11:51:52 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/session-installer
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20110211.1)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_NZ.UTF-8
SourcePackage: sessioninstaller
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: sessioninstaller (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Confirmed


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise running-unity
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Opaque error message "Installing packages by files isn't supported"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1060507
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