Problem with synaptic

[Sebastian Bassi]

On 3/12/06, Matthew R. Dempsky <mrd at alkemio.org> wrote:
> It looks like your /var/lib/apt/lists directory got cleaned out.  You
> might take a look inside to see if its empty (and check that it still
> exists).

Here is the ls of that directory:

vicky at vicky2:~ $ ls /var/lib/apt/lists/
lock
partial
Ubuntu%205.04%20%5fHoary%20Hedgehog%5f%20-%20Release%20i386%20(20050407)_dists_unstable_main_binary-i386_Packages
Ubuntu%205.04%20%5fHoary%20Hedgehog%5f%20-%20Release%20i386%20(20050407)_dists_unstable_main_debian-installer_binary-i386_Packages
Ubuntu%205.04%20%5fHoary%20Hedgehog%5f%20-%20Release%20i386%20(20050407)_dists_unstable_restricted_binary-i386_Packages
Ubuntu%205.04%20%5fHoary%20Hedgehog%5f%20-%20Release%20i386%20(20050407)_dists_unstable_restricted_debian-installer_binary-i386_Packages
Ubuntu%205.10%20%5fBreezy%20Badger%5f%20-%20Release%20i386%20(20051012)_dists_breezy_main_binary-i386_Packages
Ubuntu%205.10%20%5fBreezy%20Badger%5f%20-%20Release%20i386%20(20051012)_dists_breezy_Release
Ubuntu%205.10%20%5fBreezy%20Badger%5f%20-%20Release%20i386%20(20051012)_dists_breezy_Release.gpg
Ubuntu%205.10%20%5fBreezy%20Badger%5f%20-%20Release%20i386%20(20051012)_dists_breezy_restricted_binary-i386_Packages
vicky at vicky2:~ $


> > I didn't try to install or update anything since I saw this, don't
> > want to break anything.
>
> Updating should not break anything.  The above warning is common after
> editting your /etc/apt/sources.list file before re-updating the package
> lists.

I didn't edit that file since a long time (since the upgrade from 5.04
to 5.10), but everithing worked OK.

What should I do now?
Best regards,
SB.

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