Hello, Finally i could go back home (i was on the road for two weeks) and i tried to fix the problem as you advised me, and indeed your tips were very helpful. I restored /var/lib/dpkg/status from /var/lib/dpkg/status- old and the problem was gone.
Thank you again, Kabel. --- On Sat, 11/29/08, Jean-Baptiste Lallement <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Jean-Baptiste Lallement <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Bug 303571] Re: Update manager: Could not initialize the package > information > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Saturday, November 29, 2008, 4:32 PM > Thanks for your report. > > Indeed the status file is broken. The section libsnmp-base > is full of control characters. > You can either restore an older status file from > /var/backups/dpkg.status.0 or replace only the libsnmp-base > section > > Hope this helps. > > ** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu) > Status: New => Incomplete > > -- > Update manager: Could not initialize the package > information > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/303571 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct > subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in “update-manager” source package in Ubuntu: > Incomplete > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: update-manager > > After a update i got this message: > > 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:Problem parsing dependency Conflicts, E:Error > occurred while processing libsnmp-base (NewVersion1), > E:Problem with MergeList /var/lib/dpkg/status, E:The package > lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.' > > I was not trying to install any software, just a regular > system update and after restart i got a beautiful surprise > that update manager is broken. > > Thank you in advance, > Kabel. -- Update manager: Could not initialize the package information https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/303571 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
