As the reporter, I'm not in a position to mark this as confirmed--no? I did apt-get {install -f , clean , update } as suggested and the same type of error occurred on a subsequent update today, as reported at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1479158
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