I experienced this identical problem this morning while the update manager ran. Still got updates OK and no errors in apt when I run update, upgrade or -f install.
All seems to be working properly otherwise (except for ongoing CD eject problem). -- E: The package cache file is corrupted E: _cache->open() failed, please report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/257639 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