Bug#831762: apt data corrupts with MergeList
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On Tue, 2016-07-19 at 11:26 +0200, Julian Andres Klode wrote:
> > apt_pkg.Error: E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem
> with MergeList
> /var/lib/apt/lists/httpredir.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_main_binary-
> amd64_Packages, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or
> opened.
> > Reading package lists... Error!
> > E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
> > E: Problem with MergeList
> /var/lib/apt/lists/httpredir.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_main_binary-
> amd64_Packages
> > E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
> > 2016-07-19 / 13:07:30 ♒♒♒ ☹ => 100
>
> Given that APT did not download anything in that run, it seems
> like your hard disk or RAM is broken.
No. I don't think that may be the cause. I was it on 2 machines already. As I
mentioned, cleaning the troubling files makes it work again.
I'll try to reproduce this again and provide the details that David has asked.
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Ritesh Raj Sarraf | http://people.debian.org/~rrs
Debian - The Universal Operating System
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