On Wednesday 16 February 2011 22:56:40 David Baron wrote: > On Saturday 12 February 2011 22:54:16 David Baron wrote: > > 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_Tra > > > > ns la 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_Transla > > ti on- en > > E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. > > E: _cache->open() failed, please report. > > All of these files contain a <b> ... no such file </b> error message, 80 > chars. > > Error persists. No upgrades. No reportbug-ng. Nada. Has something been > fixed that can be manually installed (since apt wont work any more--will > dpkg)?
How to get this mess to work? Remove from var/lib/apt/lists all *Translations* *nemerle* *experimental* I took all mirrors off sources.list except debian's own. -- 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/201102202142.29544.d_ba...@012.net.il
