Bug#650880: aptitude safe-upgrade segfaults, aptitude update fails: E: Encountered a section with no Package: header

2011-12-04 Thread 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

-- 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 
(0x2b734349d000)
libncursesw.so.5 = /lib/libncursesw.so.5 (0x2b734375e000)
libsigc-2.0.so.0 = /usr/lib/libsigc-2.0.so.0 (0x2b73439a9000)
libcwidget.so.3 = /usr/lib/libcwidget.so.3 (0x2b7343bae000)
libept.so.0 = /usr/lib/libept.so.0 (0x2b7343e82000)
libxapian.so.15 = /usr/lib/libxapian.so.15 (0x2b73440fb000)
libz.so.1 = /usr/lib/libz.so.1 (0x2b7344465000)
libpthread.so.0 = /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x2b734467d000)
libstdc++.so.6 = /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 (0x2b7344899000)
libm.so.6 = /lib/libm.so.6 (0x2b7344ba5000)
libgcc_s.so.1 = /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x2b7344e29000)
libc.so.6 = /lib/libc.so.6 (0x2b734504)
libutil.so.1 = /lib/libutil.so.1 (0x2b7345393000)
libdl.so.2 = /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x2b7345597000)
/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x2b734328)
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  libcwidget30.5.12-4  high-level terminal interface libr
ii  libept00.5.22High-level library for managing De
ii  libgcc11:4.3.2-1.1   GCC support library
ii  libncursesw5   5.7+20081213-1shared 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  libxapian151.0.7-4   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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Bug#650880: aptitude safe-upgrade segfaults, aptitude update fails: E: Encountered a section with no Package: header

2011-12-04 Thread Alexander Reichle-Schmehl 

reassign 650880 ftp.debian.org
thanks

Hi!

Am 04.12.2011 10:01, schrieb Ralf Spenneberg:

Package: aptitude
Version: 0.4.11.11-1~lenny2

[..]

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.


That seems to be caused by some changes in the archive software the ftp 
team introduced yesterday.  Sorry for that, but Jörg is already working 
in the issue.



Best regards,
  Alexander



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Processed: Re: Bug#650880: aptitude safe-upgrade segfaults, aptitude update fails: E: Encountered a section with no Package: header

2011-12-04 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System 
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 reassign 650880 ftp.debian.org
Bug #650880 [aptitude] aptitude safe-upgrade segfaults, aptitude update fails: 
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
Bug reassigned from package 'aptitude' to 'ftp.debian.org'.
Bug No longer marked as found in versions aptitude/0.4.11.11-1~lenny2.
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Bug#650880: aptitude safe-upgrade segfaults, aptitude update fails: E: Encountered a section with no Package: header

2011-12-04 Thread Florian Weimer 
reopen 650880
reassign 650880 aptitude
retitle 650880 aptitude segfaults with malformed Packages file
severity 650880 normal
tags 650880 -security
thanks

* Ralf Spenneberg:

 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

(That's actually segmentation fault.)

The security archive has been fixed, but the aptitude crash above
appears to be a separate issue worth fixing, so reopening.



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Processed: Re: Bug#650880: aptitude safe-upgrade segfaults, aptitude update fails: E: Encountered a section with no Package: header

2011-12-04 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System 
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org:

 reopen 650880
Bug #650880 {Done: Joerg Jaspert jo...@ganneff.de} [ftp.debian.org] Security 
updates for lenny broken
 reassign 650880 aptitude
Bug #650880 [ftp.debian.org] Security updates for lenny broken
Bug reassigned from package 'ftp.debian.org' to 'aptitude'.
 retitle 650880 aptitude segfaults with malformed Packages file
Bug #650880 [aptitude] Security updates for lenny broken
Changed Bug title to 'aptitude segfaults with malformed Packages file' from 
'Security updates for lenny broken'
 severity 650880 normal
Bug #650880 [aptitude] aptitude segfaults with malformed Packages file
Severity set to 'normal' from 'grave'

 tags 650880 -security
Bug #650880 [aptitude] aptitude segfaults with malformed Packages file
Removed tag(s) security.
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