Thanks for confirming that it works now.
I reassign this as a feature request against apt. It should do something
more sensible in a situation like this (like move the file aside).
** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu)
Sourcepackagename: update-manager => apt
Importance: Undecided => Wishlist
Status: Incomplete => Confirmed
** Summary changed:
- Could not initialize the package information
+ apt-get update fails forever for corrupted /var/lib/apt/lists/foo_Packages
** Description changed:
- Binary package hint: update-manager
-
- Description: Ubuntu 7.10
- Release: 7.10
+ If a lists/ file is corrupted, a apt-get update will not fix it unless
+ the if-modified-since information on the server changes. This means that
+ the system will be with this error until its cleaned up by hand.
E:Problem parsing dependency Depends, E:Error occurred while processing
evolution-plugins (NewVersion1), E:Problem with MergeList
/var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_gutsy-
updates_main_binary-i386_Packages, E:The package lists or status file
could not be parsed or opened.
+
+ Instead apt should do something sensible like moving the file aside.
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apt-get update fails forever for corrupted /var/lib/apt/lists/foo_Packages
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/226361
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