Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: apt
This is for feisty...
cat /etc/debian_version
4.0
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg -l apt
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-=========================-=========================-==================================================================
ii apt 0.6.46.4ubuntu10 Advanced front-end for
dpkg
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
at-spi bug-buddy deskbar-applet eog evince evolution evolution-common
evolution-data-server evolution-data-server-common
evolution-exchange evolution-plugins file-roller foomatic-db
gnome-accessibility-themes gnome-doc-utils gnome-keyring
gnome-orca gnome-panel gnome-panel-data gnome-system-monitor
gnome-system-tools gnome-themes gnome-user-guide
gnome-utils gtkhtml3.14 human-icon-theme hwdb-client-common hwdb-client-gnome
libatspi1.0-0 libcamel1.2-10 libebook1.2-9
libecal1.2-7 libedata-book1.2-2 libedata-cal1.2-6 libedataserver1.2-9
libedataserverui1.2-8 libegroupwise1.2-13
libexchange-storage1.2-3 libgnome-keyring0 libgnome-speech3
libgnomekbd-common libgnomekbd1 libgnomekbdui1
libgtkhtml3.14-19 libmetacity0 libnautilus-burn4 libpanel-applet2-0
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.20-14-386
linux-restricted-modules-common metacity metacity-common nautilus-cd-burner
openprinting-ppds python-orca-brlapi
restricted-manager update-notifier usplash-theme-ubuntu vino yelp
59 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
E: The package index files are corrupted. No Filename: field for package
human-icon-theme.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg -l human-icon-theme
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-=========================-=========================-==================================================================
ii human-icon-theme 0.15-0ubuntu1 Human Icon theme
This has happened twice now. The first time I "fixed it" by doing
$ sudo dselect update
This time, that command doesn't help.
I did a bunch of googling but this doesn't seem to be a common issue.
Help!
// Randy MacLeod
** Affects: apt (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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apt-get fails: package index files are corrupted
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/105179
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