Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: software-properties-gtk
After clean install of Ubuntu 7.04 Beta, update-manager ran and
downloaded some package from the net and prompted me to insert CD-ROM to
install updated. I didn't want to install packages from CD-ROM, I then
clicked "cancel" and wanted to remove CD-ROM from the source.list by
using "software sources" application to only specify internet as package
source.
I Couldn't find how to remove CD-ROM from the selection in software-
properties-gtk and didn't want to edit /etc/apt/source.list manually. I
then tried to click few options here and there in software-properties-
gtk application. In "Third-Party Software tab", there was no entries and
still there is no entry. Then I quit software-properties-gtk application
to retry update-manager.
update-manager wouldn't start and displayed the following error;
"Could not initialize the package information
A unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package
information.
Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include
the following error message:
'E:Malformed line 4 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (dist parse),
E:The list of sources could not be read.' "
After commenting out line 4 of /etc/apt/source.list the problem
disappeared and update-manager ran fine. It seems like software-
properties-gtk corrupted the source.list.
Here are the first 8 lines of /etc/apt/source.list [actual lines start after
the :]
1:#
2:# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 7.04 _Feisty Fawn_ - Beta i386 (20070322.2)]/ feisty main
restricted
3:
4:deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 7.04 _Feisty Fawn_ - Beta i386 (20070322.2)]/ feisty
5:# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
6:# newer versions of the distribution.
7:
8:deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted
it seems the line 4 misses "main restricted" at the end of the line. Also it's
strange that line 4 seems to be the same as lthe commented line 2 except for
the missing "main restricted". This /etc/apt/source.list was never edited
manually.
** Affects: software-properties (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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software-properties-gtk corrupted /etc/apt/source.list
https://launchpad.net/bugs/98795
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