I had the same error upgrading 6.06 to 8.04 today Jan 18 2009. E: Malformed 3rd word in the Status line E: Error occurred while processing libc6 (UsePackage2) E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/dpkg/status E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened
(Status file opens ok when opened manually ..) -- a fatal error of dist-upgrade at Gutsy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/121267 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs