[Bug 768901] Re: update-apt-xapian-index crashed with SystemError in open(): E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/extras.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_natty_main_binary-i386_Packages, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

[Brian Murray]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 346386 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/346386

** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 346386
   [MASTER] Update fails with invalid package files with "Encountered a section with no Package: header"

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Title:
  update-apt-xapian-index crashed with SystemError in open():
  E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with
  MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/extras.ubuntu
  .com_ubuntu_dists_natty_main_binary-i386_Packages, E:The package lists
  or status file could not be parsed or opened.

Status in “apt-xapian-index” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: apt-xapian-index

  This error is displayed even though I have the latest version of natty
  (on the server), so might be a notable bug

  ProblemType: Crash
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: apt-xapian-index 0.41ubuntu6
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Tue Apr 19 10:16:51 2011
  ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index --update -q
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_IN:en
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_IN
   LC_MESSAGES=en_IN.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  PythonArgs: ['/usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index', '--update', '-q']
  SourcePackage: apt-xapian-index
  Title: update-apt-xapian-index crashed with SystemError in open(): E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/extras.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_natty_main_binary-i386_Packages, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-07 (15 days ago)
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