update manager package

[schluck]

two bugs during update to ubuntu 8.3

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1), E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Package: update-manager 1:0.93.32
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: update-manager
Title: package update-manager 1:0.93.32 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1), E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-21-generic i686

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks for your report

The error is
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Paramétrage de linux-restricted-modules-2.6.27-7-generic (2.6.27-7.12) ...
ln: création d'un lien direct de `/boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic.dpkg-bak' vers `/boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic': Opération non permise
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This is a known issue and discussed in bug 252900 . I'm marking this report as duplicate. Feel free to add your comments there.

Thanks.