Thank you, appreciated.
On 6 September 2012 20:36, Launchpad Bug Tracker
346...@bugs.launchpad.netwrote:
This bug was fixed in the package apt - 0.9.7.5ubuntu2
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apt (0.9.7.5ubuntu2) quantal; urgency=low
Merged from lp:~donkult/apt/experimental:
[ David Kalnischkies ]
* apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc:
- support \n and \r\n line endings in ReadMessages
[ Michael Vogt ]
* lp:~mvo/apt/webserver-simulate-broken-with-fix346386:
- merge fix for LP: #346386
Merged from http://bzr.debian.org/bzr/apt/apt/debian-sid:
[ David Kalnischkies ]
* apt-pkg/cdrom.cc:
- copy only configured translation files from a CD-ROM and not all
available translation files preventing new installs with d-i from
being initialized with all translations (Closes: #678227)
- handle Components in the reduction for the source.list as multi-arch
CDs
otherwise create duplicated source entries (e.g. wheezy main main)
* apt-pkg/packagemanager.cc:
- unpack versions only in case a different version from the package
is currently in unpack state to recover from broken system states
(like different file in M-A:same package and other dpkg errors)
and avoid re-unpack otherwise (Closes: #670900)
* debian/control:
- let libapt-pkg break apt 0.9.4 to ensure that the installed http-
method supports the new redirection-style, thanks to Raphael Geissert
for reporting testing (Closes: #685192)
* doc/apt_preferences.5.xml:
- use the correct interval (x = P y) for pin value documentation as
these are the intervals used by the code (Closes: #685989)
* apt-pkg/indexcopy.cc:
- do not create duplicated flat-archive CD-ROM sources for foreign
architectures on multi-arch CD-ROMs
- do not warn about files which have a record in the Release file, but
are not present on the CD to mirror the behavior of the other methods
and to allow uncompressed indexes to be dropped without scaring users
-- Michael Vogt michael.v...@ubuntu.com Tue, 04 Sep 2012 15:42:09
+0200
** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu)
Status: Triaged = Fix Released
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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
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