[Bug 1254271] Re: E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with MergeList

[Steve Langasek]

This does not look like a regression to me.  It looks like a corner case
of bug #346386 that only occurs with translation files, which hasn't
been noticed before because it's unlikely to get these portal errors for
the translation files but *not* for the Packages files.  Dropping the
regression-update tag.

** Tags removed: regression-update

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Title:
  E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with
  MergeList

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

Bug description:
  1. ubuntu-bug update-manager fails - so manually:
  2. I get error from update manager (in Czech):

  ------------------------
  Nahlaste prosím tento problém vůči balíčku „update-manager“ a přiložte následující chybovou hlášku:

  'E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise-security_main_i18n_Translation-cs, E:Seznamy balíků nebo stavový soubor nemohly být zpracovány nebo otevřeny.'
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  The  /var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise-
  security_main_i18n_Translation-cs is in attachment.

  As you can see - in the file is not what should.

  I use wifi ISP - hotspot => before log in, all HTTP traffic is redirected to ISP's login page.
  I do not know how, but Ubuntu gets this content and saves it to this file.

  I have to delete this file and re-run update manager to get proper content (after ISP login).
  The problem is only with this file - in  /var/lib/apt/lists/.

  Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64b.

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