package lists or status file unreadable
During a routine 'sudo apt-get update&&sudo apt-get -uyd upgrade',
my X display froze. The screen showed:
Hit http://mirror.direct.ca unstable/main Packages
Hit http://mirror.direct.ca unstable/main Release
Hit http://mirror.direct.ca unstable/contrib Packages
Hit http://mirror.direct.ca unstable/contrib Release
Hit http://mirror.direct.ca unstable/non-free Packages
Hit http://mirror.direct.ca unstable/non-free Release
Hit http://mirror.direct.ca unstable/non-US/main Packages
Hit http://mirror.direct.ca unstable/non-US/main Release
Hit http://mirror.direct.ca unstable/non-US/contrib Packages
Hit http://mirror.direct.ca unstable/non-US/contrib Release
Hit http://mirror.direct.ca unstable/non-US/non-free Packages
Hit http://mirror.direct.ca unstable/non-US/non-free Release
Reading Package Lists...
The mouse cursor was frozen, ctrl-alt-[fn] and ctrl-alt-backspace were not
working. After a few minutes I rebooted (I live in the country, no local
e-mail terminal to remotely login from.)
After reboot, I ran 'sudo apt-get update&&sudo apt-get -uyd
upgrade' again. This time (and all subsequent times) the output was:
Hit http://mirror.direct.ca unstable/main Packages
Hit http://mirror.direct.ca unstable/main Release
Hit http://mirror.direct.ca unstable/contrib Packages
Hit http://mirror.direct.ca unstable/contrib Release
Hit http://mirror.direct.ca unstable/non-free Packages
Hit http://mirror.direct.ca unstable/non-free Release
Hit http://mirror.direct.ca unstable/non-US/main Packages
Hit http://mirror.direct.ca unstable/non-US/main Release
Hit http://mirror.direct.ca unstable/non-US/contrib Packages
Hit http://mirror.direct.ca unstable/non-US/contrib Release
Hit http://mirror.direct.ca unstable/non-US/non-free Packages
Hit http://mirror.direct.ca unstable/non-US/non-free Release
Reading Package Lists... Error!
E: Problem parsing dependency Depends
E: Error occured while processing rio500 (NewVersion1)
E: Problem with MergeList
/var/lib/apt/lists/mirror.direct.ca_pub_linux_debian_dists_unstable_main_binary-i386_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
As well, apt-cache search and apt-cache show now end in segfault.
Geordie.
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