Re: Corrupted security update package files

2011-12-04 Thread Bill Wohler
Florian Weimer writes: > * Bill Wohler: > >> When updating lenny this morning (yes, upgrading is on my todo list), I >> got the following error: >> >> E: Problem with MergeList >> /var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_lenny_updates_main_binary-i386_Packages >> E: The package lists

Re: Corrupted security update package files

2011-12-04 Thread Bob Proulx
Bob Proulx wrote: > It will need to be fixed in the security archive. I am sure a fix > will come through quickly. Everything is working okay this morning. The problem in the security archive has been fixed. If you had commented out or removed the security repository for this problem then you s

Re: Corrupted security update package files

2011-12-04 Thread Florian Weimer
* Bill Wohler: > When updating lenny this morning (yes, upgrading is on my todo list), I > got the following error: > > E: Problem with MergeList > /var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_lenny_updates_main_binary-i386_Packages > E: The package lists or status file could not be parse

Re: Corrupted security update package files

2011-12-03 Thread Bob Proulx
Bill Wohler wrote: > When updating lenny this morning (yes, upgrading is on my todo list), I > got the following error: > > E: Problem with MergeList > /var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_lenny_updates_main_binary-i386_Packages > E: The package lists or status file could not be p

Re: Corrupted security update package files

2011-12-03 Thread Bob Proulx
Stan Hoeppner wrote: > Trevor Vandale wrote: > > /var/lib/apt/lists$ ls -l > > -rw-r- 1 root root 0 2011-12-03 21:54 lock > > What's the significance of this lock file? That zero sized file is normal. It is used by apt to semaphore itself so that it doesn't run twice at the same time a

Re: Corrupted security update package files

2011-12-03 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 12/3/2011 9:13 PM, Trevor Vandale wrote: > /var/lib/apt/lists$ ls -l > -rw-r- 1 root root 0 2011-12-03 21:54 lock What's the significance of this lock file? -- Stan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contac

Re: Corrupted security update package files

2011-12-03 Thread Trevor Vandale
I am receiving the following error: sudo aptitude update ... Fetched 548kB in 1s (498kB/s) Reading package lists... Error! E: Encountered a section with no Package: header E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_lenny_updates_main_binary-i386_Packages E: The package

Re: Corrupted security update package files

2011-12-03 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sat, Dec 03, 2011 at 03:01:05PM -0800, Bill Wohler wrote: > Bill Wohler wrote: > > > I still got a > > zero-sized Packages file: > > Those are for contrib and non-free, which might be expected. The error > was in the main distribution, w

Re: Corrupted security update package files

2011-12-03 Thread Bill Wohler
Bill Wohler wrote: > I still got a > zero-sized Packages file: Those are for contrib and non-free, which might be expected. The error was in the main distribution, which does have mostly valid looking content, but which is still generating

Corrupted security update package files

2011-12-03 Thread Bill Wohler
When updating lenny this morning (yes, upgrading is on my todo list), I got the following error: E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_lenny_updates_main_binary-i386_Packages E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. E: Couldn'