Klaus Ethgen <kl...@ethgen.de> writes: > Hi, > > maybe that is an issue for debian-user, so I put it in the To too > although I am not subscribed there. > > If you look to Bug #497617 there is a long time bug in apt first only > targeting the German translations but now it is independent of the > locales. > > When I run any apt-get command I get the error: > E: Wow, you exceeded the number of versions this APT is capable of. > E: Problem with MergeList > /var/lib/apt/lists/debian.ethz.ch_mirror_debian_dists_experimental_main_binary-i386_Packages > E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. > > (The second line is just the one which is the drop too much.) > > This also happen with all locales set to "C". > > The problem is that it is not possible anymore to update the system at > all. I think that is a very critical bug. > > Is it really necessary to break all installations until this bug is > fixed? It is known long enough for now. > > I have the version 0.7.20.2+lenny1 installed, so it seems to be the most > recent version. (apt-cache doesn't work too so I can only view the web > site) > > Regards > Klaus
% rmadison apt apt | 0.6.46.4-0.1 | etch-m68k | source, m68k apt | 0.6.46.4-0.1 | oldstable | source, alpha, amd64, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, sparc apt | 0.6.46.4-0.1+etch1 | oldstable-proposed-updates | source, alpha, amd64, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, sparc apt | 0.7.20.2+lenny1 | stable | source, alpha, amd64, arm, armel, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, sparc apt | 0.7.20.2+squeeze1 | testing-proposed-updates | source, alpha, amd64, armel, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, powerpc, s390, sparc apt | 0.7.22.2 | testing | source, alpha, amd64, hppa, i386, kfreebsd-amd64, kfreebsd-i386, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, sparc apt | 0.7.22.2+b2 | testing | armel, ia64 apt | 0.7.23.1 | unstable | source, alpha, amd64, armel, hppa, hurd-i386, i386, ia64, kfreebsd-amd64, kfreebsd-i386, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, sparc Reduce your sources.list, possibly to just unstable main, apt-get update, apt-get install apt, revert sources.list, enjoy. MfG Goswin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org