Public bug reported:
Hi
since upgrading to 11.04 I very often (almost every day) experience problems
with parsing the package lists from the repository, even after moving from the
german repository to the international. All dpkg-related tools like apt-get or
synaptic report errors like
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList
/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_natty-updates_main_binary-amd64_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
although these files look pretty normal at a first glance. I don't know whether
it is a problem of the software or the lists generated by the repository. (In
the latter case it is still a flaw of the software to not tell or hint about
what's wrong with the list.)
regards
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Title:
The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
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