Comment 118 for bug 346386

Merci beaucoup !
Avec votre méthode j'ai réussi à résoudre mon problème et cela est très gratifiant pour quelqu'un comme moi qui ne connais pas grand chose à l'informatique.
Aujourd'hui j'ai réalisé mon 1er. "update" depuis des mois.

Envoyé de mon iPad

Le 30 déc. 2013 à 11:09, Dany <email address hidden> a écrit :

> The suggested work around was not correct in my case as there was a
> directory under the /lists directory named 'partial'. Work around was
> rmdir /var/lib/apt/lists/partial and then run apt-get update.
>
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> duplicate bug report (1256126).
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/346386
>
> Title:
> [MASTER] Update fails with invalid package files with "Encountered a
> section with no Package: header"
>
> Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
> Fix Released
> Status in “apt” source package in Natty:
> Fix Released
> Status in “apt” source package in Precise:
> Fix Released
> Status in “apt” package in Debian:
> Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: adept-updater
>
> Pertinent data printed when attempting to run Updater as follows:
>
> 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:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with
> MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu
> .com_ubuntu_dists_intrepid_universe_binary-amd64_Packages, E:The
> package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.'
>
> WORKAROUND:
> Remove problematic files from /var/lib/apt/lists/ and rerun apt-get update.
>
> In the event that one is connected to a network with a proxy server
> that returns html pages (like a web page requesting you to login) and
> not package list files. Those html files will get downloaded to
> /var/lib/apt/lists/ and prevent someone from using a package manager
> until the problem html pages are removed.
>
> TEST CASE:
> 1) download the dummy-proxy attachment from this bug report
> 2) run dummy-proxy (python dummy-proxy) on a precise system (this simulates a proxy that is not allowing access to archive.ubuntu.com and gives you garbage html instead)
> 2.5) Execute 'sudo -i' in a terminal
> 3) Execute 'http_proxy=http://localhost:8080 apt-get update' in same terminal
> 4) Observe the following error messages in your terminal:
> W: GPG error: http://archive.ubuntu.com precise InRelease: File /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise_InRelease doesn't start with a clearsigned message
> W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/multiverse/i18n/Index No Hash entry in Release file /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/ archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise_multiverse_i18n_Index
> W: Failed to fetch gzip:/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise_multiverse_source_Sources Encountered a section with no Package: header
> 5) Stop dummy-proxy
> 6) Execute 'sudo apt-get update' in a terminal
> 7) Observe the following error message:
> Reading package lists... Done
> W: GPG error: http://archive.ubuntu.com precise Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 40976EAF437D05B5 Ubuntu Archive Automatic Signing Key <email address hidden>
> 8) Remove the problematic files in /var/lib/apt/lists (sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/*)
>
> Install apt from -proposed
> 1) run dummy-proxy (python dummy-proxy) on a precise system (this simulates a proxy that is not allowing access to archive.ubuntu.com and gives you garbarge html instead)
> 1.5) Execute 'sudo -i' in a terminal
> 2) Execute 'http_proxy=http://localhost:8080 apt-get update' in same terminal
> 3) Observe the following error messages in your terminal:
> W: A error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used. GPG error: http:// archive.ubuntu.com precise Release: The following signatures were invalid: NODATA 1 NODATA 2
> W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/Release
> W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
> 4) Stop dummy-proxy
> 5) Execute 'sudo apt-get update' in a terminal
> 6) Observe the update succeed
>
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