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Re: Aptitude failing on squeeze with package file problems

On 28/02/12 14:40, Camaleón wrote:

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?


I did, but it didn't help




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? :-?
It cleared up yesterday evening when I tried again. Seems like some temporary glitch 

--
Alan Chandler
http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk
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