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Encountered a section with no Package: header
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: aptitude
Version: 0.4.11.11-1~lenny2
Severity: grave
Tags: security
Justification: renders package unusable
Since December 2nd 2011 aptitude fails to work.
aptitude update shows:
....
Hit http://volatile.debian.org lenny/volatile/main Packages
Hit http://volatile.debian.org lenny/volatile/contrib Packages
Hit http://volatile.debian.org lenny/volatile/non-free Packages
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList
/var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_lenny_updates_main_binary-amd64_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
E: Couldn't rebuild package cache
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList
/var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_lenny_updates_main_binary-amd64_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList
/var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_lenny_updates_main_binary-amd64_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
Running aptitude upgrade then fails:
LANG=C aptitude safe-upgrade
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList
/var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_lenny_updates_main_binary-amd64_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
Reading package lists... Error!
Speicherzugriffsfehler
removing /var/lib/apt/lists/* and /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/* does not help
-- Package-specific info:
aptitude 0.4.11.11 kompiliert am Aug 10 2011 23:23:56
Compiler: g++ 4.3.2
Kompiliert gegen:
apt-Version 4.6.0
NCurses-Version: 5.7
libsigc++-Version: 2.0.18
Ept-Unterstützung aktiviert.
Aktuelle Bibliotheksversion:
NCurses-Version: ncurses 5.7.20081213
cwidget-Version: 0.5.12
Apt-Version: 4.6.0
libapt-pkg-libc6.7-6.so.4.6 => /usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.7-6.so.4.6
(0x00002b734349d000)
libncursesw.so.5 => /lib/libncursesw.so.5 (0x00002b734375e000)
libsigc-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libsigc-2.0.so.0 (0x00002b73439a9000)
libcwidget.so.3 => /usr/lib/libcwidget.so.3 (0x00002b7343bae000)
libept.so.0 => /usr/lib/libept.so.0 (0x00002b7343e82000)
libxapian.so.15 => /usr/lib/libxapian.so.15 (0x00002b73440fb000)
libz.so.1 => /usr/lib/libz.so.1 (0x00002b7344465000)
libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x00002b734467d000)
libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 (0x00002b7344899000)
libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x00002b7344ba5000)
libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00002b7344e29000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00002b7345040000)
libutil.so.1 => /lib/libutil.so.1 (0x00002b7345393000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00002b7345597000)
/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00002b7343280000)
Terminal: xterm
$DISPLAY not set.
`which aptitude`: /usr/bin/aptitude
aptitude version information:
aptitude linkage:
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.9
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-6-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages aptitude depends on:
ii apt [libapt-pkg-libc6. 0.7.20.2+lenny2 Advanced front-end for dpkg
ii libc6 2.7-18lenny7 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libcwidget3 0.5.12-4 high-level terminal interface libr
ii libept0 0.5.22 High-level library for managing De
ii libgcc1 1:4.3.2-1.1 GCC support library
ii libncursesw5 5.7+20081213-1 shared libraries for terminal hand
ii libsigc++-2.0-0c2a 2.0.18-2 type-safe Signal Framework for C++
ii libstdc++6 4.3.2-1.1 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libxapian15 1.0.7-4 Search engine library
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12 compression library - runtime
Versions of packages aptitude recommends:
pn aptitude-doc-en | aptitude-do <none> (no description available)
pn libparse-debianchangelog-perl <none> (no description available)
Versions of packages aptitude suggests:
pn debtags <none> (no description available)
ii tasksel 2.78 Tool for selecting tasks for insta
-- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---
tags 650885 + unreproducible
stop
2011-12-04 09:01 Ralf Spenneberg:
Package: aptitude
Version: 0.4.11.11-1~lenny2
Severity: grave
Tags: security
Justification: renders package unusable
Since December 2nd 2011 aptitude fails to work.
aptitude update shows:
....
Hit http://volatile.debian.org lenny/volatile/main Packages
Hit http://volatile.debian.org lenny/volatile/contrib Packages
Hit http://volatile.debian.org lenny/volatile/non-free Packages
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList
/var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_lenny_updates_main_binary-amd64_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
E: Couldn't rebuild package cache
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList
/var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_lenny_updates_main_binary-amd64_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList
/var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_lenny_updates_main_binary-amd64_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
Running aptitude upgrade then fails:
LANG=C aptitude safe-upgrade
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList
/var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_lenny_updates_main_binary-amd64_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
Reading package lists... Error!
Speicherzugriffsfehler
removing /var/lib/apt/lists/* and /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/* does not help
2011-12-05 10:06 Alexander Reichle-Schmehl:
reassign 650885 aptitude
forcemerge 650885 650880
thanks
Hi!
This bug seems to be related with the recent change in the FTP adding
"metapackages", "introspection" and other sections.
Actually not, ftp-team changed they way package index files get created.
(A change with was activated on the main archive for quite some time
already and was now also activated for the security archive.)
The archive itself is already fixed, however aptitude shouldn't have
stumbled over it.
By modifying the package lists, I attempted to reproduce it (below).
aptitude was already checking for errors coming from libapt in the only
place that seems to call the method printing the "Reading package
lists...", but maybe not with such old versions as reported, or perhaps
libapt was not communicating correctly or causing the crash itself.
In any case, everything seems to work fine now, so closing the bug.
# aptitude update; echo $?
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList
/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.uk.debian.org_debian_dists_experimental_main_binary-amd64_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList
/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.uk.debian.org_debian_dists_experimental_main_binary-amd64_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
Hit http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian unstable InRelease
Hit http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian experimental InRelease
[ ERR] Reading package lists
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList
/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.uk.debian.org_debian_dists_experimental_main_binary-amd64_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
E: Couldn't rebuild package cache
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList
/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.uk.debian.org_debian_dists_experimental_main_binary-amd64_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList
/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.uk.debian.org_debian_dists_experimental_main_binary-amd64_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
255
# aptitude safe-upgrade; echo $?
[ ERR] Reading package lists
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList
/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.uk.debian.org_debian_dists_experimental_main_binary-amd64_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
[ ERR] Reading package lists
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList
/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.uk.debian.org_debian_dists_experimental_main_binary-amd64_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
255
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Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo <[email protected]>
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