Re: Corrupted security update package files
I am receiving the following error:
sudo aptitude update
...
Fetched 548kB in 1s (498kB/s)
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_lenny_updates_main_binary-i386_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
E: Couldn't rebuild package cache
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_lenny_updates_main_binary-i386_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
Current status: 0 new [-19].
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_lenny_updates_main_binary-i386_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
/var/lib/apt/lists$ ls -l
total 4828
-rw-r----- 1 root root 0 2011-12-03 21:54 lock
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2011-12-03 22:03 partial
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1870959 2011-12-03 12:37 security.debian.org_debian-security_dists_lenny_updates_main_binary-i386_Packages
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 480423 2011-12-03 12:36 security.debian.org_debian-security_dists_lenny_updates_main_source_Sources
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 92374 2011-12-03 12:43 security.debian.org_debian-security_dists_lenny_updates_Release
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 836 2011-12-03 12:43 security.debian.org_debian-security_dists_lenny_updates_Release.gpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1870959 2011-12-03 12:37 security.debian.org_dists_lenny_updates_main_binary-i386_Packages
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 480423 2011-12-03 12:36 security.debian.org_dists_lenny_updates_main_source_Sources
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 92374 2011-12-03 12:43 security.debian.org_dists_lenny_updates_Release
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 836 2011-12-03 12:43 security.debian.org_dists_lenny_updates_Release.gpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2011-12-03 22:03 updates.vmd.citrix.com_XenServer_5.6.100_debian_dists_lenny_main_binary-i386_Packages
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2011-12-03 22:03 updates.vmd.citrix.com_XenServer_5.6.100_debian_dists_lenny_main_source_Sources
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2239 2011-12-03 22:03 updates.vmd.citrix.com_XenServer_5.6.100_debian_dists_lenny_Release
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 197 2011-12-03 22:03 updates.vmd.citrix.com_XenServer_5.6.100_debian_dists_lenny_Release.gpg
I have tried:
sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* -vf
aptitude update
AND
sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/status /var/lib/dpkg/status-RENAMED
sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/status-old /var/lib/dpkg/status
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
AND
reduced my sources.list file to:
deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main
But am still receiving the same error.
Please help.
-skywalker
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