Force apt-get upgrade because something is broken in ubuntu 12.10 that makes installs fail

Errors like this occur when installing openjdk-7-jre through puppet:

    Err http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-security/main libnspr4 amd6[192/1881]
    buntu0.12.10.1
      404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
    Get:69 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main java-common all 0.43ubuntu3
     [61.7 kB]
    Err http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-security/main libnss3 amd64 3.14.1-0c
    kbi1.93ubuntu.0.12.10.1
      404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
    Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates/main libnss3-1d amd64 3.14.
    1-0ckbi1.93ubuntu.0.12.10.1
      404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
    Err http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-security/main libnss3-1d amd64 3.14.1
    -0ckbi1.93ubuntu.0.12.10.1
      404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]