[Bug 767541] Re: E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_natty_main_binary-i386_Packages

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*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 761642 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/761642

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** Package changed: ubuntu => software-center (Ubuntu)

** Tags removed: need-duplicate-check

** Attachment removed: "Dependencies.txt"
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** Attachment removed: "ProcMaps.txt"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/767541/+attachment/2075599/+files/ProcMaps.txt

** Attachment removed: "ProcStatus.txt"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/767541/+attachment/2075600/+files/ProcStatus.txt

** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 761642
   software-center crashed with AttributeError in _on_trans_finished(): 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'code'

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Title:
  E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with
  MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu
  .com_ubuntu_dists_natty_main_binary-i386_Packages

Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information.
  Ubuntu 11.04. Sorry f this is a duplicate.

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

  'E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with
  MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu
  .com_ubuntu_dists_natty_main_binary-i386_Packages, E:The package lists
  or status file could not be parsed or opened.'

  ProblemType: Crash
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: software-center 3.1.26.4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sun Apr 17 19:49:48 2011
  ExecutablePath: /usr/share/software-center/software-center
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/software-center
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/software-center']
  SourcePackage: software-center
  Title: software-center crashed with AttributeError in _on_trans_finished(): 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'code'
  Traceback:
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/backend/aptd.py", line 625, in _on_trans_finished
       if trans.error.code == enums.ERROR_INVALID_PACKAGE_FILE:
   AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'code'
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-17 (0 days ago)
  UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare