Re: [Bug 346386] [MASTER] Update fails with invalid package files with Encountered a section with no Package: header
Hello, I do not understand the origin of either this message or the one that motivated it because I did not send the latter even if my email address is attached to it. I have occasionally received updates and queries about the original bug, so perhaps there is something strange going on somewhere... Fwiw (and thanks again for your diligence with these problems in the first place...) Ed (ejgoldst...@gmail.com) On Jun 1, 2012, at 8:37 AM, papukaija wrote: This bug is fixed. Please open a new bug if you still have issues with apt. Thanks. -- You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a duplicate bug report (802061). https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/346386 Title: [MASTER] Update fails with invalid package files with Encountered a section with no Package: header Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “apt” source package in Natty: Fix Released Status in “apt” package in Debian: Fix Released Bug description: Binary package hint: adept-updater Pertinent data printed when attempting to run Updater as follows: An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information. Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the following error message: 'E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu .com_ubuntu_dists_intrepid_universe_binary-amd64_Packages, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.' WORKAROUND: Remove problematic files from /var/lib/apt/lists/ and rerun apt-get update. In the event that one is connected to a network with a proxy server that returns html pages (like a web page requesting you to login) and not package list files. Those html files will get downloaded to /var/lib/apt/lists/ and prevent someone from using a package manager until the problem html pages are removed. TEST CASE: 1) Ensure /etc/apt/sources.list points to archive.ubuntu.com 2) Setup proxy server to block access to archive.ubuntu.com and return something like http://people.canonical.com/~brian/tmp/not-packages.html 3) Execute 'sudo apt-get update' in a terminal 4) Observe the following: 'E: Encountered a section with no Package: header E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_natty_main_binary-amd64_Packages E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.' 5) Try 'apt-cache policy apt' and be sad that it doesn't work 6) run 'sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/*Packages' to clear the error. With the proposed package installed repeat steps 1 to 3. 4) Observe the following: ''Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric InRelease [189 B] Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric InRelease E: GPG error: http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric InRelease: The following signatures were invalid: NODATA 1 NODATA 2' 5) Try 'apt-cache policy apt' and be happy that it works To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/346386/+subscriptions -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/346386 Title: [MASTER] Update fails with invalid package files with Encountered a section with no Package: header To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/346386/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 802061] Re: [Bug 346386] Re: [MASTER] Update fails with invalid package files with Encountered a section with no Package: header
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 346386 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/346386 Hello, I just got back to the machine that had this problem and that led me to submit bug #863742... ... so thanks for your pointer to #802061 within 48 hours. It seems to have worked just fine. I wish I had been able to dig it up myself but the process is rather convoluted (and while I'm an 'old' Unix user (fwiw, I remember System III), I am not experimenting with Ubuntu other than as aa definitive low-cost alternative to Windows XP... I also thought I'd share this with the last person to post on this subject because you seem to have made the fix permanent... ... so thanks for that, too, but I must admit that I'm intrigued by the fact that I still get announcements. I may try to unsubscribe from the reports but am more curious by the long tail of issues that people experience. In any event, keep up the good work. Thanks again. Edward First and foremost, On Jun 26, 2011, at 1:58 PM, William Ranvaud wrote: This issue was reported on ubuntuforums: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=863742 The solution was to type on terminal : sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* -vf sudo apt-get update Many people are having this issue, have to manually type this to get it fixed. -- You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/802061 On Jun 29, 2011, at 5:26 AM, papukaija wrote: @Heru: Please *STOP* changing the bug statuses. Thanks. @ubuntu-bugcontrol: Please set this bug back to 'Fix committed' as 0.8.13.2ubuntu4 is still in proposed. Thanks in advance. -- You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a duplicate bug report (802061). https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/346386 Title: [MASTER] Update fails with invalid package files with Encountered a section with no Package: header Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “apt” source package in Natty: Fix Released Status in “apt” package in Debian: Fix Released Bug description: Binary package hint: adept-updater Pertinent data printed when attempting to run Updater as follows: An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information. Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the following error message: 'E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu .com_ubuntu_dists_intrepid_universe_binary-amd64_Packages, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.' WORKAROUND: Remove problematic files from /var/lib/apt/lists/ and rerun apt-get update. In the event that one is connected to a network with a proxy server that returns html pages (like a web page requesting you to login) and not package list files. Those html files will get downloaded to /var/lib/apt/lists/ and prevent someone from using a package manager until the problem html pages are removed. TEST CASE: 1) Ensure /etc/apt/sources.list points to archive.ubuntu.com 2) Setup proxy server to block access to archive.ubuntu.com and return something like http://people.canonical.com/~brian/tmp/not-packages.html 3) Execute 'sudo apt-get update' in a terminal 4) Observe the following: 'E: Encountered a section with no Package: header E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_natty_main_binary-amd64_Packages E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.' 5) Try 'apt-cache policy apt' and be sad that it doesn't work 6) run 'sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/*Packages' to clear the error. With the proposed package installed repeat steps 1 to 3. 4) Observe the following: ''Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric InRelease [189 B] Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric InRelease E: GPG error: http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric InRelease: The following signatures were invalid: NODATA 1 NODATA 2' 5) Try 'apt-cache policy apt' and be happy that it works To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/346386/+subscriptions -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/802061 Title: update-manager fails To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-docs/+bug/802061/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 802061] [NEW] update-manager fails
Public bug reported: Could not initialize the package information An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information. Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the following error message: 'E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_natty- security_universe_binary-i386_Packages, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.' lsb_release -rd - Ubuntu 11.04 apt-cache policy update-manager - E: Encountered a section with no Package: header E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_natty-security_universe_binary-i386_Packages E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. ** Affects: ubuntu-docs (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/802061 Title: update-manager fails To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-docs/+bug/802061/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
