weird update problems

[Gabriel Dragffy]

SteVe Cook wrote:
> Gabriel Dragffy wrote:
>> Zachary Stern wrote:
>>> Longshot, but maybe your cdrom drive is bad and so the install isn't 
>>> copying all files properly.
>>>
>> I really don't think so, because originally it had edgy installed, and 
>> it had been working without a hitch for the last three months. Only 
>> today when I tried to update it did I get problems. This escalated to 
>> the point of me reinstalling. Something weirder is going on, surely. 
>> Those packages referred to by the virtual package don't even exist. Have 
>> the repos been hacked or summat?
>>
>> Gabe
>>
>  From the home page of the forums
> 
> Latest Kernel Update Issues
> We have been seeing a lot of issues with the latest kernel update. If 
> you are having issues please see the following thread. 
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=356408
> 
> the thread is very helpful apart from confirming there is a problem.
> 
> SteVe
> 

Gosh, I hadn't seen that. Bit worrying - I haven't seen any official 
info on this, thought there could at least be an official announcement. 
What a shocking problem, linked with the kernel, no less. It seems like 
the first poster did the same as me, ended up removing offending 
packages and then finding that one could not install a kernel. Kerneless 
linux is not very useful. Not only a problem with Edgy repos but also 
Dapper, this is getting on for being an unforgivable faux pas IMHO.