Clues:
1. This was an "Erase disk and install Ubuntu" installation from a USB
stick, with "Install updates" and "Install this third-party software"
both checked.
2. While the problem was happening:
- some applications in Main showed up in USC with icons
- some applications in Main, such as Thunderbird and Pidgin, showed up
without icons
- the screen for anything in Main said "Available from the 'main' source (
Use This Source)"
- "Use This Source" triggered an apport dialog
- apport refused to report a bug as described.
3. The problem went away completely as soon as Ivanka chose "Use This
Source" for an application in Universe. (So I guess "sudo apt-get
update" would have fixed it too.)
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/751628
Title:
Can't install from software centre: "this is not a genuine ubuntu
package"
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