[Bug 974594]

[Ubuntu Foundation's Bug Bot]

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

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
Ubuntu better.  Reviewing your bug report it seems that you are
experiencing bug 346386.  This issue happens when you have tried to
update your package information when you are a network that didn't
return the right files.  This issue can be cleaned up by using the
following commands in a terminal:

1.) sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/*
2.) sudo apt-get update

Thanks and good luck!

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** 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"

** Tags added: bot-comment

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Title:
  update-manager packages crash report

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

Bug description:

  1) Ubuntu 11.10
  2) apt-cache policy pkgname
  E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
  E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr_pub_linux_ubuntu_dists_oneiric-security_universe_binary-i386_Packages
  3) updates
  4) error


  "Impossible d'initialiser les données sur les paquets

  Un problème irrémédiable est survenu pendant l'initialisation des
  informations du paquet.

  Veuillez signaler ce bogue du paquet « update-manager » en y joignant
  le message d'erreur suivant :

  'E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with
  MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu
  .fr_pub_linux_ubuntu_dists_oneiric-security_universe_binary-
  i386_Packages, E:Les listes de paquets ou le fichier « status » ne
  peuvent être analysés ou lus.'"


  
  Opening Synaptics :  error occured too.

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