meta-package missing
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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linux-backports-modules-3.2.0 (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
The package description tells me about a meta-package to use. However that doesn't exist.
You likely do not want to install this package directly. Instead, install
the linux-backports
that upgrades work correctly, and that supporting packages are also installed.
~$ apt-cache show linux-backports
N: Unable to locate package linux-backports
N: Couldn't find any package by regex 'linux-
E: No packages found
I would suggest to change the text to something like: 'your upgrades will likely fail and supporting packages may be missing'. If you feel like it, actually making and backporting said meta-package would be nice too.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: linux-backports
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Aug 21 17:26:59 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: linux-backports
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.