Dear Ric,

If we close the case now then it would never be fixed and we would be
dependent of the work around permanently.

Kayode




On 10/11/12, ric <email address hidden> wrote:
> Hi Kayode.
>
> Pls close case then.
>
>
> Thank you,
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: <email address hidden> [mailto:<email address hidden>] On Behalf Of
> Kayode Odusote
> Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 5:11 PM
> To: Ricarte Malda Jr
> Subject: Re: [Bug 346386] Re: [MASTER] Update fails with invalid package
> files with "Encountered a section with no Package: header"
>
> Has this bug been fixed or not and if it is has been fixed is the update
> available with Update Manager?
>
> I had the same problem recently whilst doing an update with the Update
> Manager of 12.04 LTS and had to resort to the work around to fix it.
>
> In fact, "sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/*" did not remove the
> .../lists/partial directory but I left it and did the "sudo apt-get
> update" successfully.
>
> Hope someone can find a permanent solution to this.
>
> Kayode
>
>
> On 10/10/12, Brian Murray <email address hidden> wrote:
>> Attached you'll find dummy-proxy referred to in the test case and from
>> Colin Watson in bug 24061.
>>
>> ** Description changed:
>>
>>   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) 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-a
>> md64_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.
>> + 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)
>> + 3) Execute 'http://localhost:8080 sudo apt-get update' in a 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_InR
>> elease 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/*)
>>
>> - 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
>> + 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)
>> + 2) Execute 'http://localhost:8080 sudo apt-get update' in a 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
>>
>> ** Attachment added: "dummy-proxy"
>>
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/346386/+attachment/
>> 3393829/+files/dummy-proxy
>>
>> --
>> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a
>> duplicate bug report (1041914).
>> 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 Committed
>> 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)
>>   3) Execute 'http://localhost:8080 sudo apt-get update' in a 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_InR
>> elease 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)
>>   2) Execute 'http://localhost:8080 sudo apt-get update' in a 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
>>
>> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/346386/+subscriptio
>> ns
>>
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a duplicate
> bug report (1037478).
> 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 Committed
> 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)
>   3) Execute 'http://localhost:8080 sudo apt-get update' in a 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)
>   2) Execute 'http://localhost:8080 sudo apt-get update' in a 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
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/346386/+subscriptions
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a
> duplicate bug report (1041914).
> 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 Committed
> 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)
>   3) Execute 'http://localhost:8080 sudo apt-get update' in a 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)
>   2) Execute 'http://localhost:8080 sudo apt-get update' in a 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
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/346386/+subscriptions
>