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Bug#825060: marked as done (Invalidating apt package list cache with pdiff)

Your message dated Fri, 5 Aug 2016 09:18:57 +0200
with message-id <20160805071857.2fq3fuyqnv46kkxb@crossbow>
and subject line Re: Bug#825060: Invalidating apt package list cache with pdiff
has caused the Debian Bug report #825060,
regarding Invalidating apt package list cache with pdiff
to be marked as done.

This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with.
If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the
Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith.

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825060: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=825060
Debian Bug Tracking System
Contact owner@bugs.debian.org with problems
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Package: apt
Version: 1.2.12
Severity: important

In the last days I had troubles on all my (sid) systems that are enabled
using pdiff. The package list cache /var/lib/apt/lists get corrupted
with several error messages. One I kept is for example:
   E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
   E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.de.debian.org_debian_dists_testing_main_binary-i386_Packages
   E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

Another error I got (not saved the error message) was that a section is
not starting with a "Package:" line. Strange, I checked the complained
file and found every section starting with an "Package:". So the errors
might be fully bullshit.

The solution is simple but not obvious for a casual admin, just delete
all lists and do a new update.

However, that prevent apt from working. So the severity might be even
higher than important.

- -- Package-specific info:

- -- apt-config dump --

APT "";
APT::Architecture "amd64";
APT::Build-Essential "";
APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential";
APT::Install-Recommends "false";
APT::Install-Suggests "0";
APT::Sandbox "";
APT::Sandbox::User "_apt";
APT::NeverAutoRemove "";
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APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-firmware$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-4\.2\.8$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-4\.5\.3$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-headers-4\.2\.8$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-headers-4\.5\.3$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-extra-4\.2\.8$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-extra-4\.5\.3$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-signed-image-4\.2\.8$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-signed-image-4\.5\.3$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-image-4\.2\.8$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-image-4\.5\.3$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-headers-4\.2\.8$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-headers-4\.5\.3$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^gnumach-image-4\.2\.8$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^gnumach-image-4\.5\.3$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^.*-modules-4\.2\.8$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^.*-modules-4\.5\.3$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^.*-kernel-4\.2\.8$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^.*-kernel-4\.5\.3$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-backports-modules-.*-4\.2\.8$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-backports-modules-.*-4\.5\.3$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-tools-4\.2\.8$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-tools-4\.5\.3$";
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APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-signed-image";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "kfreebsd-image";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "kfreebsd-headers";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "gnumach-image";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: ".*-modules";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: ".*-kernel";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-backports-modules-.*";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-tools";
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APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "contrib/metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "non-free/metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "restricted/metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "universe/metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "multiverse/metapackages";
APT::Move-Autobit-Sections "";
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APT::Move-Autobit-Sections:: "non-free/oldlibs";
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APT::Move-Autobit-Sections:: "universe/oldlibs";
APT::Move-Autobit-Sections:: "multiverse/oldlibs";
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APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages "0";
APT::Periodic::AutocleanInterval "1";
APT::Periodic::MaxAge "30";
APT::Periodic::MinAge "2";
APT::Periodic::MaxSize "500";
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APT::Update::Pre-Invoke "";
APT::Update::Pre-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/bin/daptup ]; then /usr/bin/daptup --hook --pre; fi";
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APT::Update::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/bin/daptup ]; then /usr/bin/daptup --hook --post; fi";
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APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success:: "touch /var/lib/apt/periodic/update-success-stamp 2>/dev/null || true";
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APT::Get::Show-Upgraded "true";
APT::Get::Show-Versions "true";
APT::Get::Purge "true";
APT::Cache "";
APT::Cache::AllVersions "false";
APT::Architectures "";
APT::Architectures:: "amd64";
APT::Architectures:: "i386";
APT::Compressor "";
APT::Compressor::. "";
APT::Compressor::.::Name ".";
APT::Compressor::.::Extension "";
APT::Compressor::.::Binary "";
APT::Compressor::.::Cost "0";
APT::Compressor::lz4 "";
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APT::Compressor::gzip::CompressArg "";
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APT::Compressor::gzip::UncompressArg:: "-d";
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APT::Compressor::bzip2::UncompressArg "";
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APT::Compressor::lzma::CompressArg:: "--format=lzma";
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Dir::State::mirrors "mirrors/";
Dir::State::extended_states "extended_states";
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Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d";
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Dir::Etc::preferencesparts "preferences.d";
Dir::Etc::trusted "trusted.gpg";
Dir::Etc::trustedparts "trusted.gpg.d";
Dir::Etc::apt-file-main "apt-file.conf";
Dir::Bin "";
Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods";
Dir::Bin::solvers "";
Dir::Bin::solvers:: "/usr/lib/apt/solvers";
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Dir::Bin::lz4 "/usr/bin/lz4";
Dir::Bin::lzma "/usr/bin/xz";
Dir::Media "";
Dir::Media::MountPath "/media/apt";
Dir::Log "var/log/apt";
Dir::Log::Terminal "term.log";
Dir::Log::History "history.log";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently "";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "~$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.disabled$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.bak$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.dpkg-[a-z]+$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.save$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.orig$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.distUpgrade$";
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Acquire::AllowInsecureRepositories "1";
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Acquire::cdrom "";
Acquire::cdrom::mount "/media/cdrom/";
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Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Packages::flatDescription "$(RELEASE) Packages";
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Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Translations "";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Translations::MetaKey "$(COMPONENT)/i18n/Translation-$(LANGUAGE)";
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Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Contents-deb::MetaKey "$(COMPONENT)/Contents-$(ARCHITECTURE)";
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Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Contents-udeb::DefaultEnabled "false";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb-src "";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb-src::Sources "";
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Acquire::IndexTargets::deb-src::Sources::flatMetaKey "Sources";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb-src::Sources::ShortDescription "Sources";
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Acquire::IndexTargets::deb-src::Sources::flatDescription "$(RELEASE) Sources";
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Acquire::Changelogs::URI "";
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Acquire::Changelogs::AlwaysOnline "";
Acquire::Changelogs::AlwaysOnline::Origin "";
Acquire::Changelogs::AlwaysOnline::Origin::Ubuntu "1";
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Acquire::Languages "";
Acquire::Languages:: "en";
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DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs "";
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DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/bin/apt-listchanges --apt || test $? -ne 10";
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DPkg::Tools "";
DPkg::Tools::Options "";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs "";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs::Version "3";
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DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges "";
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RPM "";
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RPM::Pre-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/bin/etckeeper ]; then etckeeper pre-install; fi";
RPM::Post-Invoke "";
RPM::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/bin/etckeeper ]; then etckeeper post-install; fi";
AptListbugs "";
AptListbugs::Severities "critical,grave,serious";
Binary "apt-config";
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Binary::apt::APT "";
Binary::apt::APT::Color "1";
Binary::apt::APT::Cache "";
Binary::apt::APT::Cache::Show "";
Binary::apt::APT::Cache::Show::Version "2";
Binary::apt::APT::Cache::AllVersions "0";
Binary::apt::APT::Cache::ShowVirtuals "1";
Binary::apt::APT::Cache::Search "";
Binary::apt::APT::Cache::Search::Version "2";
Binary::apt::APT::Cache::ShowDependencyType "1";
Binary::apt::APT::Cache::ShowVersion "1";
Binary::apt::APT::Get "";
Binary::apt::APT::Get::Upgrade-Allow-New "1";
Binary::apt::APT::Cmd "";
Binary::apt::APT::Cmd::Show-Update-Stats "1";
Binary::apt::APT::Keep-Downloaded-Packages "0";
Binary::apt::DPkg "";
Binary::apt::DPkg::Progress-Fancy "1";
Binary::apt::Acquire "";
Binary::apt::Acquire::AllowInsecureRepositories "0";
CommandLine "";
CommandLine::AsString "apt-config dump";

- -- /etc/apt/preferences --

Package: mksh:i386
Pin: version *
Pin-Priority: -1000

Package: mksh
Pin: version *
Pin-Priority: -1000

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

deb file:///home/ftp/pub/debian sid unofficial
deb-src file:///home/ftp/pub/debian sid unofficial
deb file:///home/ftp/pub/debian-security sid unofficial-secured
#!#deb file:/misc/debian-build ./

# Lokale Pakete f???r Ikki
#!#deb file:/misc/debian-ikki ./
#deb-src file:/misc/debian-ikki ./

# Lokale Mirror
#!#deb file:/mirror/debian sid main contrib non-free
#!#deb file:/mirror/debian-marillat sid main

#!#deb file:/mirror/debian lenny main contrib non-free
#!#deb file:/mirror/debian-marillat lenny main
#!#deb file:/mirror/debian-security lenny/updates main contrib non-free

#deb file:/mirror/debian sarge main contrib non-free
#deb file:/mirror/debian-non-US sarge/non-US main contrib non-free
#deb file:/mirror/debian-security sarge/updates main contrib non-free

#deb file:/mirror/webcleaner ./
#deb-src file:/mirror/webcleaner ./

#deb ftp://debian.ethz.ch/debian lenny main contrib non-free
#deb ftp://debian.ethz.ch/debian sid main contrib non-free
deb ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian sid main contrib non-free
deb ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free
deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org/ sid main non-free
deb-src http://www.deb-multimedia.org/ sid main non-free

# Sources
#deb-src ftp://debian.ethz.ch/mirror/debian lenny main contrib non-free
#deb-src ftp://debian.ethz.ch/mirror/debian sid main contrib non-free
deb-src ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian sid main contrib non-free

# Diverses
# Java
#deb-src [check-valid-until=no] http://snapshot.debian.net/archive pool thoughttracker
#deb [check-valid-until=no] http://snapshot.debian.net/archive pool kernel-patch-cryptoloop
#deb [check-valid-until=no] http://snapshot.debian.net/archive pool scrollz
#deb [check-valid-until=no] http://snapshot.debian.net/archive pool fuse
#deb [check-valid-until=no] http://snapshot.debian.net/archive pool nvidia-graphics-drivers
#deb-src [check-valid-until=no] http://snapshot.debian.net/archive pool nvidia-graphics-drivers
#deb-src [check-valid-until=no] http://snapshot.debian.net/archive pool lvm2

# Experimental
#deb ftp://debian.ethz.ch/mirror/debian experimental main contrib non-free
deb ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian experimental main contrib non-free
deb-src ftp://debian.ethz.ch/mirror/debian experimental main contrib non-free

#deb ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian sarge main contrib non-free
#deb ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-security sarge/updates main contrib non-free

# Wine
#deb http://www.lamaresh.net/apt sid main
#deb-src http://www.lamaresh.net/apt sid main

# Zum Downgraden des kaputten fuse
#deb [check-valid-until=no] http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20100201T042505Z sid main

# udev ist kaput
#deb [check-valid-until=no] http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20110420T045508Z sid main

# And lsb-base is also broken in version 4.1+Debian9
#deb [check-valid-until=no] http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20121105T153933Z sid main

# Bug in udev
#deb [check-valid-until=no] http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20150129T160917Z sid main

deb [trusted=yes] file:///home/local_repo sid main

- -- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 4.5.3 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE, LC_CTYPE=de_DE (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  adduser                 3.114
ii  debian-archive-keyring  2014.3
ii  gnupg                   1.4.20-6
ii  gnupg2                  2.1.11-7
ii  gpgv                    1.4.20-6
ii  init-system-helpers     1.33
ii  libapt-pkg5.0           1.2.12
ii  libc6                   2.22-9
ii  libgcc1                 1:6.1.1-4
ii  libstdc++6              6.1.1-4

apt recommends no packages.

Versions of packages apt suggests:
ii  apt-doc                      1.2.12
pn  aptitude | synaptic | wajig  <none>
ii  dpkg-dev                     1.18.7+ket1
ii  python-apt                   1.1.0~beta2

- -- no debconf information

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Version: 1.3~pre3

Hi,

On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 09:14:52AM +0100, Klaus Ethgen wrote:
> In the last days I had troubles on all my (sid) systems that are enabled
> using pdiff. The package list cache /var/lib/apt/lists get corrupted
> with several error messages. One I kept is for example:
>    E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
>    E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.de.debian.org_debian_dists_testing_main_binary-i386_Packages
>    E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

I had endless amount of fun last week debugging this issue, ending in:

apt (1.3~pre3) unstable; urgency=medium
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  * rred: truncate result file before writing to it (Closes: #831762)
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 -- Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org>  Thu, 04 Aug 2016 10:23:49 +0200


This buglog has more details on what happened. As this one here has the
same symptoms I strongly suspect them duplicates of each other. Hence
closing as done now, but if that ends up being the wrong guess feel free
to reopen. Bonus points if that includes the debug output mentioned in
the other report then.


Best regards

David Kalnischkies

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