Bug#225846: apt: update fails with parse error

[Uri Sharf <usharf@hotpop.com>]

Package: apt
Version: 0.6.8
Severity: grave
Tags: experimental
Justification: renders package unusable



-- Package-specific info:

This mesaage is give when runing: apt-get update

[Message]
Reading Package Lists... Error!
E: Unable to parse package file 
/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.eu.uu.net_debian_dists_unstable_Release (1)
E: Problem opening 
/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.eu.uu.net_debian_dists_unstable_contrib_binary-i386_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
[/Messgae]


-- apt-config dump --

APT "";
APT::Architecture "i386";
APT::Build-Essential "";
APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential";
APT::Default-Release "experimental";
Dir "/";
Dir::State "var/lib/apt/";
Dir::State::lists "lists/";
Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list";
Dir::State::userstatus "status.user";
Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status";
Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/";
Dir::Cache::archives "archives/";
Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin";
Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin";
Dir::Etc "etc/apt/";
Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list";
Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list";
Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d";
Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf";
Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d";
Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences";
Dir::Bin "";
Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods";
Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg";
DPkg "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";
Acquire "";
Acquire::http "";
Acquire::http::Proxy "http://wwwproxy.xs4all.nl:8080";;

-- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) --


-- /etc/apt/sources.list --

#deb copy:///cdrom/ sarge main

#deb http://ftp.debian.nl/debian/ unstable main  
#deb-src http://ftp.debian.nl/debian/ unstable main  

#deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
deb http://ftp.eu.uu.net/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.eu.uu.net/debian/ unstable main  contrib  non-free

#deb http://people.debian.org/~mmagalo/packages/xfree86/i386/ ./
#deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian ../project/experimental main contrib

# GSwitchIt
deb http://uid0.tuxfamily.org/debs/unstable/ ./
#deb-src http://uid0.tuxfamily.org/debs/unstable/ ./

# giFT
deb ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/gift-fasttrack unstable main
#deb-src ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/gift-fasttrack unstable main 

# TUDIX

#deb http://mindx.dyndns.org/debian unstable main
#deb-src http://mindx.dyndns.org/debian unstable main

# mono

deb http://www.debianplanet.org/mono unstable main
deb-src http://www.debianplanet.org/mono unstable main

# KDE-CVS (http://opendoorsoftware.com/cgi/http.pl?p=kdecvs)
deb http://oberlin.cems.umn.edu/kdecvs/debian ./

 ## XFree86 4.3 Unofficial ##
deb ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian ../project/experimental main

## Various Multimedia Helper Apps ##
##deb http://marillat.free.fr/ unstable main

## KDE CVS Snapshot Debs for Sid ## (only need one)
## Mirror 1: ##
#deb http://oberlin.cems.umn.edu/kdecvs/debian ./

# Gideon/KDevlop3

#deb http://people.debian.org/~njordan/unstable binary/

## Mirror 2: ##
#deb http://kde.rb-hosting.de/~jens/kde/debian ./

# KDE/GStreamer

#deb http://lpnotfr.free.fr/debian/ ./
#deb http://marillat.free.fr/ unstable main

#katoob
deb http://bignachos.com/~uniball/ debian/
deb-src http://bignachos.com/~uniball/ debian/

# Experimental Kernel Packages
#deb http://people.debian.org/~rmh/debian ./
#deb-src http://people.debian.org/~rmh/debian ./

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux inspiron 2.6.0-test10.smp #1 SMP Tue Nov 25 04:16:57 CET 2003 i686
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  libc6                      2.3.2.ds1-10  GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libgcc1                    1:3.3.3-0pre1 GCC support library
ii  libstdc++5                 1:3.3.3-0pre1 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3

-- no debconf information