fix verified here using the test case in the bug description. ** Description changed:
Binary package hint: adept-updater Pertinent data printed when attempting to run Updater as follows: 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/us.archive.ubuntu .com_ubuntu_dists_intrepid_universe_binary-amd64_Packages, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.' WORKAROUND: Remove problematic files from /var/lib/apt/lists/ and rerun apt-get update. In the event that one is connected to a network with a proxy server that returns html pages (like a web page requesting you to login) and not package list files. Those html files will get downloaded to /var/lib/apt/lists/ and prevent someone from using a package manager until the problem html pages are removed. TEST CASE: 1) Ensure /etc/apt/sources.list points to archive.ubuntu.com 2) Setup proxy server to block access to archive.ubuntu.com and return something like http://people.canonical.com/~brian/tmp/not-packages.html 3) Execute 'sudo apt-get update' in a terminal 4) Observe the following: 'E: Encountered a section with no Package: header - E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_natty_main_binary-amd64_Packages - E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.' + E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_natty_main_binary-amd64_Packages + E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.' 5) Try 'apt-cache policy apt' and be sad that it doesn't work + 6) run 'sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/*Packages' to clear the error. With the proposed package installed repeat steps 1 to 3. 4) Observe the following: ''Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric InRelease [189 B] Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric InRelease E: GPG error: http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric InRelease: The following signatures were invalid: NODATA 1 NODATA 2' 5) Try 'apt-cache policy apt' and be happy that it works ** Tags added: verification-done ** Tags removed: verification-needed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/346386 Title: [MASTER] Update fails with invalid package files with "Encountered a section with no Package: header" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/346386/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
