[Bug 807497] Re: Update Manager not starting

[Paolo Rotolo]

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** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  Update Manager not starting

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

Bug description:
  An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package
  information.

  Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and
  include the following error message:

  'E:Could not open file /var/lib/dpkg/status - open (2: No such file or
  directory), E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or
  opened.'

  Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid

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