Reports about missing 'Packages' files?

[Sander Smeenk]

Quoting Sander Smeenk (ssmeenk at freshdot.net):

> I run nl.{a,r}.u.c and sporadicaly i get reports from users that
> complain the Packages file is missing, but referenced in Releases and
> requested by apt [ .. ]

Aparently this is a bug in apt and cleaning out /var/lib/apt/list and
especially /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/ seems to fix the issue.

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