weird update problems

[SteVe Cook]

Gabriel Dragffy wrote:
> had Edgy installed and tried doing an update using the update-manager, 
> after which two packages wouldn't be updated. A closer look using 
> aptitude showed that linux-image-generic was pointing to non-existant 
> kernels. I got frustrated and ended up removing all kernels and then 
> found apt wouldn't let me install any at all.
> 
> I reformatted, this time using Dapper (which I personally believe is far 
>   more stable). Would you believe, after a fresh install of Dapper I run 
> aptitude dist-upgrade, I get this nonsense:
> 
> 
>> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>>   linux-image-386: Depends: linux-image-2.6.15-28-386 which is a virtual package.
>>   linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15-28-386: Depends: linux-image-2.6.15-28-386 which is a virtual package.
>> Resolving dependencies...
>> The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
>>
>> Keep the following packages at their current version:
>> linux-image-386 [2.6.15.24 (now)]
>> linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15-28-386 [Not Installed]
>> linux-restricted-modules-386 [2.6.15.24 (now)]
>>
>> Score is -41
>>
>> Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?]
> 
> 
> What on Earth is going on? This seems similar to the probs I had with 
> Edgy. My local mirror is gb, but I also changed to fr and updated with 
> no change.
> 
> Am I being really dumb here and over-looking something really obvious!?
> 
You're not being dumb Gabe, I get the same problem on four machines 
here.  Two Dapper and two Edgy.  I'm just going to leave it for a while, 
I'm sure an explanation and correction will turn up.

SteVe