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apt-get upgrade error (stops at kernel due to "dependency issues")

Hello, I tired to run apt-get update && apt-get upgrade however whenever it gets to setting up the linux-2.6-686 image I get this:

Quote:

sh0u:/home/n0dl# apt-get install kernel-image-2.6-686
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
kernel-image-2.6-686 is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 29 not upgraded.
3 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B of archives.
After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up linux-image-2.6.18-4-686 (2.6.18.dfsg.1-10) ...
Running depmod.
Finding valid ramdisk creators.
Using mkinitramfs-kpkg to build the ramdisk.
Failed to symbolic-link boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-4-686 to initrd.img.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.18-4-686 (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 17
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-2.6-686:
linux-image-2.6-686 depends on linux-image-2.6.18-4-686; however:
Package linux-image-2.6.18-4-686 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6-686 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kernel-image-2.6-686:
kernel-image-2.6-686 depends on linux-image-2.6-686; however:
Package linux-image-2.6-686 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing kernel-image-2.6-686 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686
linux-image-2.6-686
kernel-image-2.6-686
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

I tried to run apt-get clean && apt-get update && apt-get upgrade however that didnt work. I also tried to reinstall the image by simply running apt-get install kernel-image-2.6-686, change my mirrors (although i wouldnt think that would help considering the kernel updates come from the security mirror) and attempting to manually symbolic link /boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-4-686 to initrd.img then running the apt-get line to no avail. I run Debian sid.

Try running aptitude dist-upgrade. It looks like you have 29 packages that are held back. Sometimes "upgrade" doesn't work and you have to "dist-upgrade".

Thank you for your response. Those "29 packages" that were held back were now installed. However when I run the line apt-get clean && apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade I still get this:

Quote:

sh0u:/home/n0dl/mc-4.6.1# apt-get clean && apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade
Get: 1 http://security.debian.org stable/updates Release.gpg [189B]
Get: 2 http://ftp.se.debian.org unstable Release.gpg [189B]
Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates Release
Ign http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://ftp.se.debian.org unstable Release
Ign http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Packages
Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Packages
Hit http://ftp.se.debian.org unstable/main Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://ftp.se.debian.org unstable/main Sources/DiffIndex
Fetched 2B in 2s (1B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
3 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B of archives.
After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?y
Setting up linux-image-2.6.18-4-686 (2.6.18.dfsg.1-10) ...
Running depmod.
Finding valid ramdisk creators.
Using mkinitramfs-kpkg to build the ramdisk.
Failed to symbolic-link boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-4-686 to initrd.img.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.18-4-686 (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 17
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-2.6-686:
linux-image-2.6-686 depends on linux-image-2.6.18-4-686; however:
Package linux-image-2.6.18-4-686 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6-686 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kernel-image-2.6-686:
kernel-image-2.6-686 depends on linux-image-2.6-686; however:
Package linux-image-2.6-686 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing kernel-image-2.6-686 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686
linux-image-2.6-686
kernel-image-2.6-686
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

The strange thing is it says:

Quote:

0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
3 not fully installed or removed.

which I take is supposed to mean that nothing more needs to be done in terms of updating. However, the image still attempts to upgrade (and fail). Any ideas?