linux-generic errors during upgrade/install

[ryan ics]

constant error reports on linux-generic version during upgrades, unrecognized source reported in log as follows:

Apr 19 05:41:27 ubuntu kernel: [ 0.000000] Linux version 2.6.27-7-generic (buildd@rothera) (gcc version 4.3.2 (Ubuntu 4.3.2-1ubuntu10) ) #1 SMP Fri Oct 24 06:42:44 UTC 2008 (Ubuntu 2.6.27-7.14-generic)

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 17
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Package: linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic 2.6.27-7.16
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true persistent file=/cdrom/preseed/hostname.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.gz quiet splash --
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.27-7.14-generic
SourcePackage: linux
Title: package linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic 2.6.27-7.16 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 17

[Jamie Strandboge (jdstrand)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears to be a "regular" (non-security) bug. I have unmarked it as a security issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy. Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

Hi Ryan,

Examining your DpkgTerminalLog.txt file it seems to indicate this is a duplicate of bug 292159 which was a bug in casper and should be resolved as of casper 1.162. For now I'm marking this as a duplicate of that bug. Please be sure to update to this newer version of casper. Thanks.

Running depmod.
update-initramfs is disabled since running on a live CD
Failed to symbolic-link /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic to initrd.img.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 17