Bug#195301: apt: 'apt-get update' failure during MergeList
On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 09:38:13PM +0200, Christoph Reichenbach wrote:
> Running 'apt-get update' yields:
>
> -------------------------------
> [...]
> Hit http://ftp.uni-erlangen.de unstable/contrib Sources
> Hit http://ftp.uni-erlangen.de unstable/contrib Release
> 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_dists_apt-build_main_binary-alpha_Packages
> E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
> -------------------------------
>
> leaving me unable to perform package updates.
This looks the same as #192403 and #193308, which were marked as fixed by
0.5.5.1. There may have been a bad merge among all the duplicate bugs.
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- mdz
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