On Sunday 27 February 2011 21:58:47 David Baron wrote: > On Sunday 20 February 2011 21:42:29 David Baron wrote: > > 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 > > > > > > _T ra ns la tion- en > > > > > > E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or > > > > > > opened. > > > > > > > > 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_Tra > > > > ns la 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. > > OK, so with this messy procedure, I CAN upgrade. Nermerle is certainly > expendable. What no translations means, I have not noticed. Of course, NO > access to any experimental packages (in case I am too impatient of QT4.7 > and such :-( > > Has anyone one else had these errors? Seems this has been going on long > enough for mirror problems to have be corrected.
OK, so did the needed sources.list line for "experimental" change that it now does not have the file? -- 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/201103131941.01136.d_ba...@012.net.il
