Activity log for bug #367656

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2009-04-26 23:30:11 davethebald bug added bug
2009-04-26 23:44:06 davethebald description I was trying to upgrade from 08.10 to 09.04, and got this error message: An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information. Please report this bug against the "update - manager" package and include the following error message: 'E:Problem parsing dependency Replaces: E:Error occurred while processing perl-modules (NewVersion1), E:Error with MergeList /var/lib/dpkg/status, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.' I was trying to upgrade from 08.10 to 09.04 using upgrade manager, and got this error message: An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information. Please report this bug against the "update - manager" package and include the following error message: 'E:Problem parsing dependency Replaces: E:Error occurred while processing perl-modules (NewVersion1), E:Error with MergeList /var/lib/dpkg/status, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.' I now cannot open upgrade manager, as it will bring up this error message. When I press "close" on the dialog box that has the above mention, upgrade manager closes. When I try to open the Synaptic Package manager, I get this error message: An error occurred The following details are provided: E: Problem parsing dependency Replaces E: Error occurred while processing perl-modules (NewVersion1) E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/dpkg/status E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. E: _cache->open() failed, please report. When I press the close button on the dialog box, the Synatpic Package manager closes.
2010-07-22 19:51:15 Fabio Marconi bug added subscriber Fabio Marconi
2010-07-22 19:51:19 Fabio Marconi ubuntu: status New Incomplete
2010-07-24 13:18:35 Fabio Marconi ubuntu: status Incomplete Fix Released