weird update problems

[John Dangler]

On Thu, 2007-02-08 at 23:49 +0000, Gabriel Dragffy wrote:
> 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.
I agree.  No notification to the community at all, and leave it up to us
to find out that something as critical as a kernel update is hosed up...
Someone should get kicked pretty hard for pulling this...

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