update-apt-xapian-index crashed with SystemError in open(): E:Malformed 2nd word in the Status line, E:Error occurred while processing gedit-common (UsePackage3), E:Problem with MergeList /var/lib/dpkg/status, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

[Elizeu Soares]

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ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: apt-xapian-index 0.44ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-8.11-generic-pae 3.0.1
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-8-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Aug 31 01:13:47 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha i386 (20110803.1)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index --update -q
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=pt_BR.UTF-8
 LANGUAGE=pt_BR:pt:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
PythonArgs: ['/usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index', '--update', '-q']
SourcePackage: apt-xapian-index
Title: update-apt-xapian-index crashed with SystemError in open(): E:Malformed 2nd word in the Status line, E:Error occurred while processing gedit-common (UsePackage3), E:Problem with MergeList /var/lib/dpkg/status, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-08-30 (0 days ago)
UserGroups:

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