Bug 187994 links the cryptic error to a malformed sources.list file, so I suppose specifying --components leads to a malformed sources.list file... though it's not obvious from the code why it would.
-- "malformed Release file" error when specifying --components option https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/283263 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
