Bug#192403: apt-get fails Reading Package Lists

[Miles Bader <miles@lsi.nec.co.jp>]

Package: apt
Version: 0.5.5
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

The follow error occurs for `update', `upgrade', etc.:

   $ sudo apt-get upgrade
   Reading Package Lists... Error!
   E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
   E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/_var_cache_apt-build_repository_._Packages
   E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.


Not sure how I'm going to install the fix... :-)

-Miles


-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux mcspd15 2.4.20 #1 Thu Apr 10 18:17:02 JST 2003 i686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  libc6                        2.3.1-17    GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libgcc1                      1:3.3-0pre8 GCC support library
ii  libstdc++5                   1:3.3-0pre8 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3

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