Public bug reported:
Yesterday I was unable to update *any* packages on my system, just
because *one* source sent a malformed package list. apt-get update gave:
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList
/var/lib/apt/lists/adoptopenjdk.jfrog.io_adoptopenjdk_deb_dists_disco_main_binary-amd64_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
When this happens, apt should degrade gracefully by skipping just that
one package list, and continuing to process all the others, so that
unaffected packages can still be updated. Otherwise, we don't have the
resilient, fault-tolerant system that people expect when they choose
Ubuntu or Debian.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04
Package: apt 1.8.3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-31.33-generic 5.0.21
Uname: Linux 5.0.0-31-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu27.1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Thu Oct 17 12:14:44 2019
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-06-18 (120 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
SourcePackage: apt
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to disco on 2019-06-26 (112 days ago)
** Affects: apt (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug disco
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1848570
Title:
Skip individual bad sources
Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
Yesterday I was unable to update *any* packages on my system, just
because *one* source sent a malformed package list. apt-get update
gave:
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList
/var/lib/apt/lists/adoptopenjdk.jfrog.io_adoptopenjdk_deb_dists_disco_main_binary-amd64_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
When this happens, apt should degrade gracefully by skipping just that
one package list, and continuing to process all the others, so that
unaffected packages can still be updated. Otherwise, we don't have the
resilient, fault-tolerant system that people expect when they choose
Ubuntu or Debian.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04
Package: apt 1.8.3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-31.33-generic 5.0.21
Uname: Linux 5.0.0-31-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu27.1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Thu Oct 17 12:14:44 2019
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-06-18 (120 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64
(20180426)
SourcePackage: apt
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to disco on 2019-06-26 (112 days ago)
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