Re: apt-get update problem

[Marcelo Chiapparini <chiappa@uerj.br>]

Hi Erik,

thank you very much, your suggestion worked perfectly.
By the way, I've noted that in the last upgrades of ximian-gnome, several 
problems arises. I wonder if the ximian people is careful enough, as least 
with respect to the debian distribution...

Regards,

Marcelo

On Wed, Feb 06, 2002 at 11:36:48AM +0100, Erik van der Meulen wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 06, 2002 at 08:10:01 -0200, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote:
> 
> > I am trying to upgrade my system (potato 2.2.r5 + ximian gnome). After typing 
> > 
> > apt-get update 
> > 
> > I get the following error message:
> > 
> > Reading Package Lists... Error!                            
> > E: Malformed provides line
> > E: Error occured while processing gnumeric (NewVersion1)
> > E: Problem with MergeList 
> > /var/state/apt/lists/red-carpet.ximian.com_debian_dists_stable_main_binary-i386_Packages
> > E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
> 
> Happened to me to this morning. It seems that the Ximian people
> introduced a version number in brackets after the line:
> 
>   Provides: ximian-gnumeric
> 
> in the file you mention under Gnumeric section.
> I removed the number and it worked afterwards. Also reported this on the
> Ximian-users list.

-- 
Marcelo Chiapparini
DFT-IF/UERJ
chiappa@uerj.br