Thanks. Sorry for the duplicate bug report. Glad it's fixed. Will make it much safer to update on public WiFi.
On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 4:57 PM, Steve Langasek <steve.langa...@canonical.com> wrote: > 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 subscribed to a > duplicate bug report (800438). > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/346386 > > Title: > [MASTER] Update fails with invalid package files with "Encountered a > section with no Package: header" > > Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu: > Fix Released > Status in “apt” source package in Natty: > Fix Committed > Status in “apt” package in Debian: > Unknown > > Bug description: > 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.' > 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 > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/346386/+subscriptions > -- 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
