Bug#400768: apt: Returns "E: Wow, you exceeded the number of versions this APT is capable of"
Package: apt
Version: 0.6.46.3
Severity: important
Using my current /etc/apt/sources.list gets the error messages
<misc apt stuff>
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Wow, you exceeded the number of versions this APT is capable of.
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/dpkg/status
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
Commenting out the "edgy" line or the "security" line (or probably
various others) removes the problem.
-- Package-specific info:
-- apt-config dump --
APT "";
APT::Architecture "i386";
APT::Build-Essential "";
APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential";
APT::Periodic "";
APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "1";
APT::Get "";
APT::Get::Show-Upgraded "true";
APT::Default-Release "stable";
APT::Cache-Limit "181943904";
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::sourceparts "sources.list.d";
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";
aptitude "";
aptitude::Delete-Unused-Pattern "^linux-image.*$";
DPkg "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/bin/apt-listchanges --apt || test $? -ne 10";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";
DPkg::Tools "";
DPkg::Tools::Options "";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges "";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges::Version "2";
DPkg::Post-Invoke "";
DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/bin/debsums ]; then /usr/bin/debsums --generate=nocheck -sp /var/cache/apt/archives; fi";
DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/sbin/localepurge ] && [ $(ps w -p $PPID | grep -c remove) != 1 ]; then /usr/sbin/localepurge; else exit 0; fi";
-- /etc/apt/preferences --
Package: *
Pin: release a=unstable
Pin-Priority: 102
Package: *
Pin: release a=experimental
Pin-Priority: 99
Package: *
Pin: release a=edgy
Pin-Priority: 98
Package: *
Pin: release a=feisty
Pin-Priority: 97
Package: *
Pin: release a=testing
Pin-Priority: 103
Package: *
Pin: release o=tevp
Pin-Priority: 990
-- /etc/apt/sources.list --
deb http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ stable main non-free contrib
deb-src http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ stable main non-free contrib
deb http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian-non-US/ stable/non-US main contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib
deb-src http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib
deb http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ testing main non-free contrib
deb http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ experimental main non-free contrib
deb-src http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ experimental main non-free contrib
deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free
#media things
#deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org testing main
#deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid main
#deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org experimental main
#java
#deb http://www.mirror.ac.uk/mirror/www.blackdown.org/mirrors/java-linux/debian/ testing non-free
#deb ftp://ftp.nl.linux.org/pub/linux/java/debian/ testing non-free
#deb http://www.mirror.ac.uk/mirror/www.blackdown.org/mirrors/java-linux/debian/ sid non-free
#deb http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.blackdown.org/java-linux/debian/ unstable main non-free
#deb ftp://ftp.de.ug.nl/pub/os/Linux/java/jdk/debian/ unstable main non-free
#deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ breezy main restricted universe
#deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ warty main restricted universe
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy main restricted universe
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted universe
#deb http://ftp.inf.tu-dresden.de/os/linux/dists/ubuntu dapper main restricted universe
#deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper main restricted universe
#deb-src http://ftp.inf.tu-dresden.de/os/linux/dists/ubuntu dapper main restricted universe
deb file:///local/palfrey/src/debian/ testing/
deb file:///local/palfrey/src/debian/ unstable/
deb-src file:///local/palfrey/src/debian/ source/
#deb http://tevp.net/debian/ binary/
# xmms2
#deb http://exodus.xmms.se/debian stable main
# skype
deb http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/debian/ stable non-free
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (990, 'stable'), (103, 'testing'), (102, 'unstable'), (99, 'experimental'), (97, 'feisty')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-1-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii debian-archive-keyring 2006.11.22 GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a
ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-8 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libgcc1 1:4.1.1-19 GCC support library
ii libstdc++6 4.1.1-19 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
apt recommends no packages.
-- no debconf information
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