Re: Aptitude failing on squeeze with package file problems
On Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:59:49 +0000, Alan Chandler wrote:
> I just tried to do an aptitude update on my Debian squeeze server.
>
> I get error message like ...
>
> E: Encounted a section with no Package: header
> E: The problem with MergeList
> /var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_stable_updates_main_binary-amd64-Packages
> E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened
> E: Couldn't rebuild the package cache.
>
> I tried deleting all the files in /var/lib/apt/lists/
>
> and trying again, but it just repeated the message
After removing the files, did you try to "apt-get update" first?
> Is this a glitch with the security.debian.org files today - or something
> more serious.
>
> After this message occurs, you can't do anything other than close
> aptitude.
>
> I tried Cancel Pending Actions (from the Actions menu) and got a
> segfault in aptitude.
>
> Anyone else seeing anything like this?
Not here but I'm using wheezy... Maybe a temporary issue, is it still
present? :-?
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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