This bug report is bogus and has nothing to do with Synaptic. See the following:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ apt-cache depends linux-686 linux-686 Depends: linux-image-686 Depends: linux-restricted-modules-686 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ apt-cache depends linux-image-686 linux-restricted-modules-686 linux-restricted-modules-686 Depends: linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17-5-686 linux-image-686 Depends: linux-image-2.6.17-5-686 Note that having the linux-$arch metapackage ensures that the corresponding l-r-m-$version-$arch is pulled in. ** Changed in: synaptic (Ubuntu) Importance: Untriaged => Wishlist -- critical graphics driver dependencies ignored by synaptic https://launchpad.net/bugs/55370 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
