Problem with MergeList...
Hi All.
I am having a problem with aptitude or apt-get in my Debian GNU/Hurd system:
# aptitude update
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList
/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.debian-ports.org_debian_dists_unreleased_main_binary-hurd-i386_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList
/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.debian-ports.org_debian_dists_unreleased_main_binary-hurd-i386_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
Get:1 http://ftp.us.debian.org unstable Release.gpg [836B]
Get:2 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable/main Translation-en [4091kB]
Get:3 http://ftp.debian-ports.org unreleased Release.gpg [836B]
Ign http://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian/ unreleased/main Translation-en
Get:4 http://ftp.debian-ports.org unreleased Release [20.9kB]
Err http://ftp.debian-ports.org unreleased Release
Get:5 http://ftp.us.debian.org unstable Release [227kB]
Get:6 http://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/main hurd-i386 Packages [5334kB]
Fetched 9674kB in 4min 23s (36.7kB/s)
[ ERR] Reading package lists
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList
/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.debian-ports.org_debian_dists_unreleased_main_binary-hurd-i386_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
E: Couldn't rebuild package cache
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (1073741859: Resource
temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another
process using it?
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList
/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.debian-ports.org_debian_dists_unreleased_main_binary-hurd-i386_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
#
# cat /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian unstable main
deb http://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian unreleased main
#
Any fix for this, please?.
Thanks very much, in advance.
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