[Bug 1070014] Re: Public WIFI "Blocked Websites" Broke Update Manager and Software Center

Mon Oct 22 20:49:12 UTC 2012

** Description changed:

  12.04 LTS

  I ran Update Manager on a train that provides free WIFI. The train
  blocks certain pages. Something in Update Manager and Software Center
  broke in the process.

  Now there's a red warning icon in the upper left near the clock and
  every time I run Update Manager or Software Centre it crashes. I get:

  -=-=-

  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/iweb.dl.sourceforge.net_project_jedit_en,
  E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.'

  -=-=-

  The text from the train's blocked interception pages has made its way
  into files found in /var/lib/apt/lists/* Ie.

- $ cat /var/lib/apt/lists/iweb.dl.sourceforge.net_project_jedit_en
+ $ cat /var/lib/apt/lists/ca.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise-
+ updates_Release

  <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
  <html>
  <head>
    <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="content-type">
    <title>Access Denied</title>
  </head>

  <body>
  <BR><BR>

<center><img src="http://10.66.66.66/via.png"> 
 The VIA Rail Wi-Fi service is a shared Internet connection that works best when browsing basic Internet content or e-mailing. We ask that you please refrain from uploading or downloading large files. VIA Rail may restrict access to some web sites or restrict the use of high levels of bandwidth. Comments regarding VIA Rail Wi-Fi service may be sent to <a href=mailto:customer_relations at viarail.ca>customer_relations at viarail.ca</a>.
 
 Le service Wi-Fi de VIA Rail est une connexion Internet partagée qui fonctionne mieux lorsque vous naviguez sur du contenu de base ou utilisez votre messagerie électronique. Nous vous demandons de bien vouloir vous abstenir de télécharger ou de téléverser de gros fichiers. VIA Rail peut restreindre l’accès à certains sites ainsi qu’à l’utilisation de la bande passante en cas d’abus. Vos commentaires au sujet du service Wi-Fi de VIA Rail peuvent être acheminés à <a href=mailto:relations_clientele at viarail.ca>relations_clientele at viarail.ca</a>.
 </big></big></big></big>
 </body>
 </html>

  -=-=-

  I'm not sure how I can fix this gracefully...

  Regards,

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Title:
  Public WIFI "Blocked Websites" Broke Update Manager and Software
  Center

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

Bug description:
  12.04 LTS

  I ran Update Manager on a train that provides free WIFI. The train
  blocks certain pages. Something in Update Manager and Software Center
  broke in the process.

  Now there's a red warning icon in the upper left near the clock and
  every time I run Update Manager or Software Centre it crashes. I get:

  -=-=-

  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/iweb.dl.sourceforge.net_project_jedit_en,
  E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.'

  -=-=-

  The text from the train's blocked interception pages has made its way
  into files found in /var/lib/apt/lists/* Ie.

  $ cat /var/lib/apt/lists/ca.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise-
  updates_Release

  <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
  <html>
  <head>
    <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="content-type">
    <title>Access Denied</title>
  </head>

  <body>
  <BR><BR>

<center><img src="http://10.66.66.66/via.png"> 
 The VIA Rail Wi-Fi service is a shared Internet connection that works best when browsing basic Internet content or e-mailing. We ask that you please refrain from uploading or downloading large files. VIA Rail may restrict access to some web sites or restrict the use of high levels of bandwidth. Comments regarding VIA Rail Wi-Fi service may be sent to <a href=mailto:customer_relations at viarail.ca>customer_relations at viarail.ca</a>.
 
 Le service Wi-Fi de VIA Rail est une connexion Internet partagée qui fonctionne mieux lorsque vous naviguez sur du contenu de base ou utilisez votre messagerie électronique. Nous vous demandons de bien vouloir vous abstenir de télécharger ou de téléverser de gros fichiers. VIA Rail peut restreindre l’accès à certains sites ainsi qu’à l’utilisation de la bande passante en cas d’abus. Vos commentaires au sujet du service Wi-Fi de VIA Rail peuvent être acheminés à <a href=mailto:relations_clientele at viarail.ca>relations_clientele at viarail.ca</a>.
 </big></big></big></big>
 </body>
 </html>

  -=-=-

  I'm not sure how I can fix this gracefully...

  Regards,

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