[Bug 870323] [NEW] package manager fail

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I am using Ubuntu 10.10 the Maverick Meerkat - released in October 2010
and supported until April 2012.

update manager fails and displays the following:

(Could not initialize the package information

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

package manager fails and displays the following:

(An error occurred
The following details are provided:

E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_maverick-updates_universe_binary-i386_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.)

and Ubuntu Software Center fails to do anything at all

** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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package manager fail
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/870323
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