Hi All. I am having a problem with aptitude or apt-get in my Debian GNU/Hurd system:
# aptitude update E: Encountered a section with no Package: header E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.debian-ports.org_debian_dists_unreleased_main_binary-hurd-i386_Packages E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. E: Encountered a section with no Package: header E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.debian-ports.org_debian_dists_unreleased_main_binary-hurd-i386_Packages E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. Get:1 http://ftp.us.debian.org unstable Release.gpg [836B] Get:2 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable/main Translation-en [4091kB] Get:3 http://ftp.debian-ports.org unreleased Release.gpg [836B] Ign http://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian/ unreleased/main Translation-en Get:4 http://ftp.debian-ports.org unreleased Release [20.9kB] Err http://ftp.debian-ports.org unreleased Release Get:5 http://ftp.us.debian.org unstable Release [227kB] Get:6 http://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/main hurd-i386 Packages [5334kB] Fetched 9674kB in 4min 23s (36.7kB/s) [ ERR] Reading package lists E: Encountered a section with no Package: header E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.debian-ports.org_debian_dists_unreleased_main_binary-hurd-i386_Packages E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. E: Couldn't rebuild package cache E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (1073741859: Resource temporarily unavailable) E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it? E: Encountered a section with no Package: header E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.debian-ports.org_debian_dists_unreleased_main_binary-hurd-i386_Packages E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. # # cat /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian unstable main deb http://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian unreleased main # Any fix for this, please?. Thanks very much, in advance. -- Not Registered GNU/Hurd User. Registered BSD User 51101. Registered Linux User #213309. Memories..... You are talking about memories. Rick Deckard. Blade Runner.
