Synaptic fails to initiate; message is

         E: Malformed line 56 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (dist
parse)
         E: The list of sources could not be read.
         Go to the repository dialog to correct the problem.
         E: _cache->open() failed, please report.


The file /etc/apt/sources.list is attached to this e-mail.

Its line 56 reads   "deb http://mirror.mcs.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu main"

System is recent Linux Ubuntu.

Please advise action.

Best wishes, Henry

H.M. Gladney, Ph.D.     HMG Consulting http://home.pacbell.net/hgladney/
(408)867-5454
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