Bug#495331: marked as done (apt-get on SID fails in German locale: "E: Toll, Sie haben die Anzahl an Beschreibungen überschritten, die APT handhaben kann.")
Your message dated Sun, 05 Oct 2008 15:17:02 + with message-id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and subject line Bug#400768: fixed in apt 0.7.15 has caused the Debian Bug report #400768, regarding apt-get on SID fails in German locale: "E: Toll, Sie haben die Anzahl an Beschreibungen überschritten, die APT handhaben kann." to be marked as done. This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with. If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith. (NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what this message is talking about, this may indicate a serious mail system misconfiguration somewhere. Please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] immediately.) -- 400768: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=400768 Debian Bug Tracking System Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] with problems --- Begin Message --- Package: apt Version: 0.7.14+b1 Severity: important *** Please type your report below this line *** Hi! I'm using the German locale [EMAIL PROTECTED] Since about yesterday, apt / aptitude fail for me with the following messages: E: Toll, Sie haben die Anzahl an Beschreibungen überschritten, die APT handhaben kann. E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.de.debian.org_debian_dists_experimental_main_binary- i386_Packages E: Die Paketliste oder die Statusdatei konnte nicht geparst oder geöffnet werden. I'm not the only one who recently seems to be affected by this problem: http://tinyurl.com/56vwcx However, the suggested workaround - deleting the *Translation* files in /var/lib/apt/ - didn't work for me. Removing some Debian suits from sources.list - eg. only keeping unstable and deleting stable and testing - seems to help. Changing the locale to "C" also seems to help. (!) Are there any "real" solutions to this problem, which renders apt-get / aptitude unusuable without manual intervention. (I found the locale-dependency of this problem by pure trial-and-error...) Greetings, Gunter -- Package-specific info: -- apt-config dump -- APT ""; APT::Architecture "i386"; APT::Build-Essential ""; APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential"; APT::Install-Recommends "1"; APT::Install-Suggests "0"; APT::Acquire ""; APT::Acquire::Translation "environment"; APT::NeverAutoRemove ""; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-restricted-modules.*"; APT::Cache-Limit "33554432"; Dir "/"; Dir::State "var/lib/apt/"; Dir::State::lists "lists/"; Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list"; Dir::State::userstatus "status.user"; Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status"; Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/"; Dir::Cache::archives "archives/"; Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin"; Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin"; Dir::Etc "etc/apt/"; Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list"; Dir::Etc::sourceparts "sources.list.d"; Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list"; Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d"; Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf"; Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d"; Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences"; Dir::Bin ""; Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods"; Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg"; Dir::Log "var/log/apt"; Dir::Log::Terminal "term.log"; DPkg ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs apt || exit 10"; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true"; DPkg::Tools ""; DPkg::Tools::Options ""; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs ""; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs::Version "2"; Unattended-Upgrade ""; Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins ""; Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins:: "Debian stable"; -- /etc/apt/preferences -- // Experimental Package: * Pin: release a=experimental,o=Debian,l=Debian Pin-Priority: 200 Package: * Pin: release a=unstable,o=Debian,l=Debian Pin-Priority: 950 Package: * Pin: release a=unstable,o=Unofficial Multimedia Packages,l=Unofficial Multimedia Packages Pin-Priority: 960 -- /etc/apt/sources.list -- deb ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non- free deb ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non- free deb ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ unstablemain contrib non- free deb ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ experimentalmain contrib non- free deb-src ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non- free deb-src ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ unstablemain contrib non- free -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages apt depends on: ii debian-archive-keyring 2008.04.16+nmu1 GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a ii libc62.7-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libgcc1 1:4.3.1-8 GCC support library ii libstdc++6 4.3.1-8 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
Bug#495331: marked as done (apt-get on SID fails in German locale: "E: Toll, Sie haben die Anzahl an Beschreibungen überschritten, die APT handhaben kann.")
Your message dated Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:32:03 + with message-id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and subject line Bug#400768: fixed in apt 0.7.15~exp2 has caused the Debian Bug report #400768, regarding apt-get on SID fails in German locale: "E: Toll, Sie haben die Anzahl an Beschreibungen überschritten, die APT handhaben kann." to be marked as done. This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with. If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith. (NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what this message is talking about, this may indicate a serious mail system misconfiguration somewhere. Please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] immediately.) -- 400768: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=400768 Debian Bug Tracking System Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] with problems --- Begin Message --- Package: apt Version: 0.7.14+b1 Severity: important *** Please type your report below this line *** Hi! I'm using the German locale [EMAIL PROTECTED] Since about yesterday, apt / aptitude fail for me with the following messages: E: Toll, Sie haben die Anzahl an Beschreibungen überschritten, die APT handhaben kann. E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.de.debian.org_debian_dists_experimental_main_binary- i386_Packages E: Die Paketliste oder die Statusdatei konnte nicht geparst oder geöffnet werden. I'm not the only one who recently seems to be affected by this problem: http://tinyurl.com/56vwcx However, the suggested workaround - deleting the *Translation* files in /var/lib/apt/ - didn't work for me. Removing some Debian suits from sources.list - eg. only keeping unstable and deleting stable and testing - seems to help. Changing the locale to "C" also seems to help. (!) Are there any "real" solutions to this problem, which renders apt-get / aptitude unusuable without manual intervention. (I found the locale-dependency of this problem by pure trial-and-error...) Greetings, Gunter -- Package-specific info: -- apt-config dump -- APT ""; APT::Architecture "i386"; APT::Build-Essential ""; APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential"; APT::Install-Recommends "1"; APT::Install-Suggests "0"; APT::Acquire ""; APT::Acquire::Translation "environment"; APT::NeverAutoRemove ""; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-restricted-modules.*"; APT::Cache-Limit "33554432"; Dir "/"; Dir::State "var/lib/apt/"; Dir::State::lists "lists/"; Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list"; Dir::State::userstatus "status.user"; Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status"; Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/"; Dir::Cache::archives "archives/"; Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin"; Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin"; Dir::Etc "etc/apt/"; Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list"; Dir::Etc::sourceparts "sources.list.d"; Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list"; Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d"; Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf"; Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d"; Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences"; Dir::Bin ""; Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods"; Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg"; Dir::Log "var/log/apt"; Dir::Log::Terminal "term.log"; DPkg ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs apt || exit 10"; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true"; DPkg::Tools ""; DPkg::Tools::Options ""; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs ""; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs::Version "2"; Unattended-Upgrade ""; Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins ""; Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins:: "Debian stable"; -- /etc/apt/preferences -- // Experimental Package: * Pin: release a=experimental,o=Debian,l=Debian Pin-Priority: 200 Package: * Pin: release a=unstable,o=Debian,l=Debian Pin-Priority: 950 Package: * Pin: release a=unstable,o=Unofficial Multimedia Packages,l=Unofficial Multimedia Packages Pin-Priority: 960 -- /etc/apt/sources.list -- deb ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non- free deb ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non- free deb ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ unstablemain contrib non- free deb ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ experimentalmain contrib non- free deb-src ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non- free deb-src ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ unstablemain contrib non- free -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages apt depends on: ii debian-archive-keyring 2008.04.16+nmu1 GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a ii libc62.7-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libgcc1 1:4.3.1-8 GCC support library ii libstdc++6 4.3.1-8 The GNU Standard C++ Library
