meta-package missing

Bug #1039603 reported by 4dro
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
linux-backports-modules-3.2.0 (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
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-modules-cw-3.4-generic meta-package, which will ensure
 that upgrades work correctly, and that supporting packages are also installed.

~$ apt-cache show linux-backports-modules-cw-3.4-generic
N: Unable to locate package linux-backports-modules-cw-3.4-generic
N: Couldn't find any package by regex 'linux-backports-modules-cw-3.4-generic'
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-modules-cw-3.4-3.2.0-29-generic (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
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-modules-3.2.0
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in linux-backports-modules-3.2.0 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Simon Déziel (sdeziel) wrote :

A possible workaround would be to install the package "linux-backports-modules-cw-3.4-precise-generic" .

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