@michael: That would explain things. It downloaded quite a few packages and seemed to work ok. I have been running the computer and it isn't asking for a distro update. All packages appear to be updating correctly as well. So I have suffered no ill effects so far.
Doing an lsb_release -a gives: No LSB modules are available Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 8.04 Release: 8.04 Codename: hardy -- [Hardy] do-release-upgrade doesn't retrieve hardy gpg key https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/215694 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