[Bug 900842] Re: Update Manager Not Functioning

[Paul McCloskey]

Phil,

I ran the command and here's what followed:

paul at paul-Inspiron-1525:~$ sudo apport-collect 900842
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/apport/apport-gtk", line 368, in <module>
    app.run_argv()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apport/ui.py", line 560, in run_argv
    return self.run_update_report()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apport/ui.py", line 460, in run_update_report
    apport.packaging.get_version(p)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apport/packaging_impl.py", line 71, in get_version
    pkg = self._apt_pkg(package)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apport/packaging_impl.py", line 64, in _apt_pkg
    return self._cache()[package]
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apport/packaging_impl.py", line 52, in _cache
    self._apt_cache = apt.Cache(apt.progress.base.OpProgress())
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 88, in __init__
    self.open(progress)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 126, in open
    self._cache = apt_pkg.Cache(progress)
SystemError: E:Problem parsing dependency Depends, E:Error occurred while processing libcap-ng-utils (NewVersion2), E:Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_natty_universe_binary-amd64_Packages, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
paul at paul-Inspiron-1525:~$ 

I am not sure if this helps.

Thanks, 
 
Paul McCloskey
703-727-5222


> Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2011 21:06:30 +0000
> From: 900842 at bugs.launchpad.net
> To: mccloskeypb at hotmail.com
> Subject: [Bug 900842] Re: Update Manager Not Functioning
> 
> Paul,
> 
> Could you try running the command again, and following any instructions
> that it gives you? It doesn't seem to have worked. Running "sudo apport-
> collect 900842" may be necessary.
> 
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> Title:
>   Update Manager Not Functioning
> 
> Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
>   Incomplete
> 
> Bug description:
>   
>   'E:Problem parsing dependency Depends, E:Error occurred while processing libcap-ng-utils (NewVersion2), E:Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_natty_universe_binary-amd64_Packages, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.'
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Title:
  Update Manager Not Functioning

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  
  'E:Problem parsing dependency Depends, E:Error occurred while processing libcap-ng-utils (NewVersion2), E:Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_natty_universe_binary-amd64_Packages, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.'

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