I did try to specify the package, but it will not accept apt-get or ia32-apt-get.
Also, advice from Daniel Letzeisen to go back to old status, appears to have fixed my problem. It looks lke I reported th big in the wrong place, but the update manager did ask me to report it. -- David H http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~ecldh ----- Message from 1202...@bugs.launchpad.net --------- Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 16:27:55 -0000 From: Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot <1202...@bugs.launchpad.net> Reply-To: Bug 1202217 <1202...@bugs.launchpad.net> Subject: [Bug 1202217] Re: update manager asks for erroe report To: ec...@leeds.ac.uk > Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make > Ubuntu better. It seems that your bug report is not filed about a > specific source package though, rather it is just filed against Ubuntu > in general. It is important that bug reports be filed about source > packages so that people interested in the package can find the bugs > about it. You can find some hints about determining what package your > bug might be about at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage. > You might also ask for help in the #ubuntu-bugs irc channel on Freenode. > > To change the source package that this bug is filed about visit > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1202217/+editstatus and add the > package name in the text box next to the word Package. > > [This is an automated message. I apologize if it reached you > inappropriately; please just reply to this message indicating so.] > > ** Tags added: bot-comment > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1202217 > > Title: > update manager asks for erroe report > > Status in Ubuntu: > New > > Bug description: > Could not initialise the package information > > An unresolvable problem occurred while initialising the package > information. > > Please report this bug for the 'update-manager' package and try to > include the following error message: > > 'E:Problem parsing dependency Replaces, E:Error occurred while > processing ppp (NewVersion1), E:Problem with MergeList > /var/lib/dpkg/status, E:The package lists or status file could not > be parsed or opened.' > ---------------------------------------- > I got the above after I did the following: > > I ran update manager, and got an error, which told me to repeat > with apt-get, which gave an error (see below) and when I clicked the > red circle in the top panel, I got the error above. So I am hoping > that this is the right way to report it. > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > root@vaio:/home/ecldh/cycling# apt-get update > Get: 1 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security Release.gpg [198B] > Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/main > Translation-en_GB > Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/universe > Translation-en_GB > Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/multiverse > Translation-en_GB > Hit http://archive.canonical.com lucid Release.gpg > Ign http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ lucid/partner Translation-en_GB > Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid Release.gpg > Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Translation-en_GB > Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/universe Translation-en_GB > Get: 2 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security Release [57.3kB] > Hit http://archive.canonical.com lucid Release > Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/multiverse Translation-en_GB > Get: 3 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates Release.gpg [198B] > Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main > Translation-en_GB > Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/universe > Translation-en_GB > Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/multiverse > Translation-en_GB > Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid Release > Get: 4 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates Release [58.3kB] > Hit http://archive.canonical.com lucid/partner Packages > Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Packages > Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Sources > Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe Packages > Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe Sources > Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/multiverse Packages > Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/multiverse Sources > Get: 5 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/main Packages [500kB] > Get: 6 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/main Packages [701kB] > Get: 7 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/main Sources [238kB] > Get: 8 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/universe Packages [147kB] > Get: 9 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/universe Sources [46.7kB] > Get: 10 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/multiverse > Packages [5,366B] > Get: 11 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/multiverse > Sources [2,347B] > Get: 12 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/main Sources [332kB] > Get: 13 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/universe > Packages [295kB] > Get: 14 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/universe Sources [110kB] > Get: 15 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/multiverse > Packages [11.5kB] > Get: 16 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/multiverse > Sources [5,817B] > Fetched 2,511kB in 5s (445kB/s) > Reading package lists... Error! > E: Problem parsing dependency Replaces > E: Error occurred while processing ppp (NewVersion1) > E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/dpkg/status > E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. > root@vaio:/home/ecldh/cycling# which ppp > root@vaio:/home/ecldh/cycling# exit > exit > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1202217/+subscriptions > ----- End message from 1202...@bugs.launchpad.net ----- -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1202217 Title: update manager asks for erroe report To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1202217/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
