I can confirm the situation (bug?) for maverick. As a workaround I used: sudo apt-get --no-install-recommends install smartmontools as stated here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IntrepidReleaseNotes#Recommended%20packages%20installed%20by%20default
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