** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided = Medium
** Summary changed:
- Updater won't run - Encountered a section with no Package: header
+ Update fails with invalid package files with Encountered a section with no
Package: header
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Updater won't run - Encountered a section with no Package: header
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Got this error today.
E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with MergeList
/var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_natty_main_binary-amd64_Packages,
E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
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This all looks like corrupted Packages files... and it's not at all a
problem in dpkg. The E: error messages come from APT.
If anything it's APT that can be improved to deal better with invalid
Packages files. For example it could refuse to put them in place after
having downloaded them if they
I confirm this bug. It started today.
2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:57:59 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
All updates done. Proposed NOT enabled.
It prevents Synaptic and Update-Manager GUIs to run. They shut down upon
encountering the error.
From terminal it looks like this:
$ sudo
This bug is confirmed - and also filed as a bug in Synaptic
** Changed in: adept (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Confirmed
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Updater won't run - Encountered a section with no Package: header
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In one of the duplicates the following is suggested to fix the problem:
sudo cd /var/lib/apt/lists/
sudo rm archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_jaunty_universe_binary-i386_Packages
also the same for all packages filled with HTLM from the modem
when finished with it, just update...
hope it helps
The solution above fixes the problem for me:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/370294/comments/1
For someone not used to command line operations, from the terminal just
do:
gksu nautilus (it will ask for your pwd)
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So... a dpkg bug then?
** Package changed: adept (Ubuntu) = dpkg (Ubuntu)
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Yes, if dpkg is the (most) underlying element of the package management
architectures.
Jonathan Thomas wrote:
So... a dpkg bug then?
** Package changed: adept (Ubuntu) = dpkg (Ubuntu)
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