[Bug 1012233] Re: Could not initialize the package information

[jerry roscoe]

details of error are >

Encountered a section with no package : header,

E: Problem with Mergelist/var/lib/apt/lists/extra.ubuntu
.com_ubuntu_dists_percise_main_binary-i386_packages

The  package list or status file could not be opened

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Title:
  Could not initialize the package information

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

Bug description:
  When i try to see if there are any updates I go to "Software up to
  date" and Ubuntu comes up with the Could not initialize the package
  information > an error in update manager and then asks me to include
  the following information but when I try to copy the information it
  won't past into this window??

  I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 and it wsa up to date as of about a week ago
  6/4 as far as I can remember.

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