I got the same error trying to upgrade from Feisty to Gutsy today:
the two files main.log and apt.log are in attachment as well as a print
screen of the error.
Here is the copy paste of the Traceback (most recent call last):
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/update-manager", line 86, in <module>
view.hideStep(STEP_REBOOT)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeControler.py",
line 664, in doPostUpgrade
# but as good as we can do currently + savety buffer
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeControler.py",
line 160, in openCache
self.forced_obsoletes = self.config.getlist("Distro","ForcedObsoletes")
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeCache.py", line
22, in __init__
class CacheException(Exception):
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/apt/cache.py", line 39, in __init__
""" Dictionary-like package cache
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/apt/cache.py", line 52, in open
""" internal helper to run a callback """
SystemError: E:Malformed 3rd word in the Status line, E:Error occurred
while processing libc6 (UsePackage2), E:Problem with MergeList
/var/lib/dpkg/status, E:The package lists or status file could not be
parsed or opened.
** Attachment added: "screenshot of the fatal error"
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10068964/fatalerror_upgrade.png
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a fatal error of dist-upgrade at Gutsy
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/121267
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