[Bug 799123] Re: <type 'exceptions.SystemError'>: E:The package index files are corrupted. No Filename: field for package tzdata.

[Robert Roth]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 780110 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/780110

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** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 780110
   <type 'exceptions.SystemError'>: E:The package index files are corrupted. No Filename: field for package tzdata.

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Title:
  <type 'exceptions.SystemError'>: E:The package index files are
  corrupted. No Filename: field for package tzdata.

Status in “aptdaemon” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: aptdaemon

  each time I try to run the update manager it stops and give these
  messages:

  There seems to be a programming error in aptdaemon, the software that
  allows you to install/remove software and to perform other package
  management related tasks.

  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 961, in simulate
      trans.unauthenticated = self._simulate_helper(trans)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 1085, in _simulate_helper
      return depends, self._cache.required_download, \
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 226, in required_download
      pm.get_archives(fetcher, self._list, self._records)
  SystemError: E:The package index files are corrupted. No Filename: field for package tzdata.

  ProblemType: Crash
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: aptdaemon 0.41+bzr646-0ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
  Annotation: Applying software changes failed
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sat Jun 18 10:49:15 2011
  DesktopFile: /usr/share/aptdaemon/aptdaemon.desktop
  ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/aptd
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: aptdaemon
  Title: <type 'exceptions.SystemError'>: E:The package index files are corrupted. No Filename: field for package tzdata.
  TransactionDepends: [[], [], [], [], [], [], []]
  TransactionErrorCode: error-unknown
  TransactionKwargs: {}
  TransactionLocale: en_US.UTF8
  TransactionOutput:
   
  TransactionPackages: [[], [], [], [], [dbus.String(u'gally'), dbus.String(u'gwibber'), dbus.String(u'icedtea-6-jre-cacao'), dbus.String(u'icedtea-6-jre-jamvm'), dbus.String(u'language-selector'), dbus.String(u'libxml2'), dbus.String(u'libxml2-dbg'), dbus.String(u'libxml2-dev'), dbus.String(u'libxml2-doc'), dbus.String(u'libxml2-utils'), dbus.String(u'openjdk-6-doc'), dbus.String(u'openjdk-6-jdk'), dbus.String(u'openjdk-6-jre'), dbus.String(u'openjdk-6-jre-headless'), dbus.String(u'openjdk-6-jre-lib'), dbus.String(u'python-libxml2'), dbus.String(u'software-center'), dbus.String(u'tzdata'), dbus.String(u'ubuntu-docs'), dbus.String(u'ubuntu-sso-client'), dbus.String(u'ubuntuone-control-panel')], []]
  TransactionRole: role-commit-packages
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-30 (49 days ago)

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