Hello, good afternoon Marc.
Thank you so much for your directions, I appreciate it. Fortunately I resolve the problem about the bug in apt-get, so my laptop is up and running now. Thanks again for your time and consideration. Actions like yours consolidate the essence of Open Access!
Sincerely,
Gustavo
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De: Marc Deslauriers <email address hidden>
Para: <email address hidden>
Enviado: Sábado, 11 de agosto, 2012 14:09:12
Asunto: [Bug 346386] Re: [MASTER] Update fails with invalid package files with "Encountered a section with no Package: header"
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) Ensure /etc/apt/sources.list points to archive.ubuntu.com
2) Setup proxy server to block access to archive.ubuntu.com and return something like http://people.canonical.com/~brian/tmp/not-packages.html
3) Execute 'sudo apt-get update' in a terminal
4) Observe the following:
'E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_natty_main_binary-amd64_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.'
5) Try 'apt-cache policy apt' and be sad that it doesn't work
6) run 'sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/*Packages' to clear the error.
With the proposed package installed repeat steps 1 to 3.
4) Observe the following:
''Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric InRelease [189 B]
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric InRelease
E: GPG error: http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric InRelease: The following signatures were invalid: NODATA 1 NODATA 2'
5) Try 'apt-cache policy apt' and be happy that it works
Hello, good afternoon Marc.
Thank you so much for your directions, I appreciate it. Fortunately I resolve the problem about the bug in apt-get, so my laptop is up and running now. Thanks again for your time and consideration. Actions like yours consolidate the essence of Open Access!
Sincerely,
Gustavo
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De: Marc Deslauriers <email address hidden>
Para: <email address hidden>
Enviado: Sábado, 11 de agosto, 2012 14:09:12
Asunto: [Bug 346386] Re: [MASTER] Update fails with invalid package files with "Encountered a section with no Package: header"
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Title:
[MASTER] Update fails with invalid package files with "Encountered a
section with no Package: header"
Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
Triaged
Status in “apt” source package in Natty:
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 apt/lists/ us.archive. ubuntu ubuntu_ dists_intrepid_ universe_ binary- amd64_Packages, E:The
MergeList /var/lib/
.com_
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 lib/apt/ lists/ and prevent someone from using a package manager
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/
until the problem html pages are removed.
TEST CASE: sources. list points to archive.ubuntu.com people. canonical. com/~brian/ tmp/not- packages. html apt/lists/ archive. ubuntu. com_ubuntu_ dists_natty_ main_binary- amd64_Packages apt/lists/ *Packages' to clear the error.
1) Ensure /etc/apt/
2) Setup proxy server to block access to archive.ubuntu.com and return something like http://
3) Execute 'sudo apt-get update' in a terminal
4) Observe the following:
'E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.'
5) Try 'apt-cache policy apt' and be sad that it doesn't work
6) run 'sudo rm /var/lib/
With the proposed package installed repeat steps 1 to 3. archive. ubuntu. com oneiric InRelease [189 B] archive. ubuntu. com oneiric InRelease archive. ubuntu. com oneiric InRelease: The following signatures were invalid: NODATA 1 NODATA 2'
4) Observe the following:
''Get:1 http://
Ign http://
E: GPG error: http://
5) Try 'apt-cache policy apt' and be happy that it works
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