It does seem likely that this was just a symptom of some other problem, such as a disk problem. I reinstalled the system, using Hardy, so this might as well be closed.
** Changed in: bzip2 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- Dapper: bzip2 upgrade failed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/243946 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs