[Bug 953923]

Ubuntu Foundation's Bug Bot 953923 at bugs.launchpad.net
Tue Mar 13 12:16:19 UTC 2012


*** 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 will not update, throws error message

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

Bug description:
  update-manager crashes with the following error message.

  'W:Duplicate sources.list entry http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/
  oneiric/partner i386 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.canonical
  .com_ubuntu_dists_oneiric_partner_binary-i386_Packages), E:Encountered
  a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with MergeList
  /var/lib/apt/lists/mirror.as29550.net_archive.ubuntu
  .com_dists_oneiric-proposed_main_binary-i386_Packages, E:The package
  lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.'

  Apport wouldn't recognise update-manager at all, not by package name,
  clicking on the running window or by PID.

  Ubuntu 11.10

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