Package: synaptic
Version: 0.81.3
Severity: important
Dear Maintainer,
*** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where appropriate ***
* What led up to the situation?
Launched synaptic as normal
* What was the outcome of this action?
I got a popup dialogue:
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An error occurred.
The following details are provided:
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.uk.debian
.org_debian_dists_testing_main_binary-i386_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.
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Running from the command-line as root, I also see the following messages (which
may or may not be significant):
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(synaptic:19765): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: The property GtkImage:stock is
deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future
version.
(synaptic:19765): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: The property GtkImageMenuItem:use-
stock is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a
future version.
(synaptic:19765): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: The property GtkImageMenuItem:image
is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future
version.
(synaptic:19765): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: The property GtkSettings:gtk-menu-
images is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a
future version.
(synaptic:19765): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: The property GtkToolButton:stock-id
is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future
version.
(synaptic:19765): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: The property GtkButton:xalign is
deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future
version.
(synaptic:19765): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: The property GtkAlignment:right-
padding is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a
future version.
(synaptic:19765): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: The property GtkContainer:resize-
mode is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a
future version.
(synaptic:19765): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: The property GtkAlignment:bottom-
padding is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a
future version.
(synaptic:19765): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: The property GtkAlignment:left-
padding is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a
future version.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index", line 102, in <module>
indexer.incrementalUpdate()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/axi/indexer.py", line 670, in
incrementalUpdate
self.updateIndex(dbpath)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/axi/indexer.py", line 630, in
updateIndex
cache = self.aptcache()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/axi/indexer.py", line 423, in aptcache
self.apt_cache = apt.Cache(memonly=True, progress=aptprogress)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 107, in __init__
self.open(progress)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 151, in open
self._cache = apt_pkg.Cache(progress)
SystemError: E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with
MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.uk.debian
.org_debian_dists_testing_main_binary-i386_Packages, E:The package lists or
status file could not be parsed or opened.
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On clicking "close" on the dialogue, synaptic also closes, issuing no further
messages to STDOUT.
* What outcome did you expect instead?
Should have been able to see packages and install as normal
-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages synaptic depends on:
ii hicolor-icon-theme 0.13-1
ii libapt-inst1.5 1.0.9.10
ii libapt-pkg4.12 1.0.9.10
ii libatk1.0-0 2.16.0-2
ii libc6 2.19-18
ii libcairo-gobject2 1.14.2-2
ii libcairo2 1.14.2-2
ii libept1.4.12 1.0.12.1
ii libgcc1 1:5.1.1-7
ii libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.31.4-1
ii libglib2.0-0 2.44.1-1
ii libgtk-3-0 3.14.5-1
ii libpango-1.0-0 1.36.8-3
ii libpangocairo-1.0-0 1.36.8-3
ii libstdc++6 5.1.1-7
ii libvte-2.90-9 1:0.36.3-1
ii libx11-6 2:1.6.3-1
ii libxapian22 1.2.21-1
ii libxext6 2:1.3.3-1
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.8.dfsg-2+b1
Versions of packages synaptic recommends:
ii gksu 2.0.2-9
ii libgtk2-perl 2:1.2495-1
ii policykit-1 0.105-8
ii rarian-compat 0.8.1-6
Versions of packages synaptic suggests:
ii apt-xapian-index 0.47
pn deborphan <none>
pn dwww <none>
ii menu 2.1.47
ii software-properties-gtk 0.92.25debian1
pn tasksel <none>
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