On Saturday 12 February 2011 21:30:20 debian-user-digest- requ...@lists.debian.org wrote: > > For several days (after squeeze release), I have been getting the > > following > > > > error and can no longer run anything in apt, update or upgrading: > > > > > > > > Reading package lists... Error! > > E: Encountered a section with no Package: header > > E: Problem with MergeList > > /var/lib/apt/lists/debian.co.il_debian_dists_testing_contrib_i18n_Transla > > tion- en > > E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. > > > > > > > > What to do about it > > Moving the files in /var/lib/apt/lists/ out of the way and rerunning > apt-get update is worth a try.
Did that. It stumbles at the same point: Get:147 http://debian.co.il stable/non-free Translation-en 99% [143 Translation-en bzip2 0 B] [Connecting to debian.co.il] [Waiting for headers] 943 kB/s 0sbzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file. 99% [144 Translation-en_US bzip2 0 B] [Connecting to debian.co.il] [Waiting for headers] 943 kB/s 0sbzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file. 99% [145 Translation-en bzip2 0 B] [Connecting to debian.co.il] [Waiting for headers] 943 kB/s 0sbzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file. * * * * The error shown in synaptic also indicates this point of error: E: Encountered a section with no Package: header E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/debian.co.il_debian_dists_testing_contrib_i18n_Translation- en E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. E: _cache->open() failed, please report. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201102122254.16940.d_ba...@012.net.il
