Bug#242803: Package: dselect
I just encountered the same problem, and I thought changing mirrors in
/etc/apt/sources.list might help, so I ran netselect-apt unstable to
find a new one; then I ran dselect to launch an update, and I had the
following error:
# apt-get update
[... hits ...]
Reading Package Lists... Error!
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList
/var/lib/apt/lists/_var_cache_apt-build_repository_dists_apt-build_main_binary-i386_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
update available list script returned error exit status 1.
Press <enter> to continue.
Then I did this:
# mv
/var/lib/apt/lists/_var_cache_apt-build_repository_dists_apt-build_main_binary-i386_Packages
/var/lib/apt/lists/_var_cache_apt-build_repository_dists_apt-build_main_binary-i386_Packages-old
# dselect
... and now everything is back to normal. Still, it doesn't explain why
it did not work before, but I hope this helps.
Anthony
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