| 2007-03-29 23:18:46 |
folkoy |
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| 2007-03-30 10:50:39 |
folkoy |
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Binary package hint: software-properties-gtk
After clean install of Ubuntu 7.04 Beta, update-manager ran and downloaded some package from the net and prompted me to insert CD-ROM to install updated. I didn't want to install packages from CD-ROM, I then clicked "cancel" and wanted to remove CD-ROM from the source.list by using "software sources" application to only specify internet as package source.
I Couldn't find how to remove CD-ROM from the selection in software-properties-gtk and didn't want to edit /etc/apt/source.list manually. I then tried to click few options here and there in software-properties-gtk application. In "Third-Party Software tab", there was no entries and still there is no entry. Then I quit software-properties-gtk application to retry update-manager.
update-manager wouldn't start and displayed the following error;
"Could not initialize the package information
A unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information.
Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the following error message:
'E:Malformed line 4 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (dist parse), E:The list of sources could not be read.' "
After commenting out line 4 of /etc/apt/source.list the problem disappeared and update-manager ran fine. It seems like software-properties-gtk corrupted the source.list.
Here are the first 8 lines of /etc/apt/source.list [actual lines start after the :]
1:#
2:# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 7.04 _Feisty Fawn_ - Beta i386 (20070322.2)]/ feisty main restricted
3:
4:deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 7.04 _Feisty Fawn_ - Beta i386 (20070322.2)]/ feisty
5:# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
6:# newer versions of the distribution.
7:
8:deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted
it seems the line 4 misses "main restricted" at the end of the line. Also it's strange that line 4 seems to be the same as lthe commented line 2 except for the missing "main restricted". This /etc/apt/source.list was never edited manually. |
Binary package hint: software-properties-gtk
After clean install of Ubuntu 7.04 Beta (i386 alternate), update-manager ran and downloaded some package from the net and prompted me to insert CD-ROM to install updated. I didn't want to install packages from CD-ROM, I then clicked "cancel" and wanted to remove CD-ROM from the source.list by using "software sources" application to only specify internet as package source.
I Couldn't find how to remove CD-ROM from the selection in software-properties-gtk and didn't want to edit /etc/apt/source.list manually. I then tried to click few options here and there in software-properties-gtk application. In "Third-Party Software tab", there was no entries and still there is no entry. Then I quit software-properties-gtk application to retry update-manager.
update-manager wouldn't start and displayed the following error;
"Could not initialize the package information
A unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information.
Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the following error message:
'E:Malformed line 4 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (dist parse), E:The list of sources could not be read.' "
After commenting out line 4 of /etc/apt/source.list the problem disappeared and update-manager ran fine. It seems like software-properties-gtk corrupted the source.list.
Here are the first 8 lines of /etc/apt/source.list [actual lines start after the :]
1:#
2:# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 7.04 _Feisty Fawn_ - Beta i386 (20070322.2)]/ feisty main restricted
3:
4:deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 7.04 _Feisty Fawn_ - Beta i386 (20070322.2)]/ feisty
5:# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
6:# newer versions of the distribution.
7:
8:deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted
it seems the line 4 misses "main restricted" at the end of the line. Also it's strange that line 4 seems to be the same as lthe commented line 2 except for the missing "main restricted". This /etc/apt/source.list was never edited manually. |
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| 2007-03-31 13:30:52 |
folkoy |
description |
Binary package hint: software-properties-gtk
After clean install of Ubuntu 7.04 Beta (i386 alternate), update-manager ran and downloaded some package from the net and prompted me to insert CD-ROM to install updated. I didn't want to install packages from CD-ROM, I then clicked "cancel" and wanted to remove CD-ROM from the source.list by using "software sources" application to only specify internet as package source.
I Couldn't find how to remove CD-ROM from the selection in software-properties-gtk and didn't want to edit /etc/apt/source.list manually. I then tried to click few options here and there in software-properties-gtk application. In "Third-Party Software tab", there was no entries and still there is no entry. Then I quit software-properties-gtk application to retry update-manager.
update-manager wouldn't start and displayed the following error;
"Could not initialize the package information
A unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information.
Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the following error message:
'E:Malformed line 4 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (dist parse), E:The list of sources could not be read.' "
After commenting out line 4 of /etc/apt/source.list the problem disappeared and update-manager ran fine. It seems like software-properties-gtk corrupted the source.list.
Here are the first 8 lines of /etc/apt/source.list [actual lines start after the :]
1:#
2:# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 7.04 _Feisty Fawn_ - Beta i386 (20070322.2)]/ feisty main restricted
3:
4:deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 7.04 _Feisty Fawn_ - Beta i386 (20070322.2)]/ feisty
5:# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
6:# newer versions of the distribution.
7:
8:deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted
it seems the line 4 misses "main restricted" at the end of the line. Also it's strange that line 4 seems to be the same as lthe commented line 2 except for the missing "main restricted". This /etc/apt/source.list was never edited manually. |
Binary package hint: software-properties-gtk
After clean install of Ubuntu 7.04 Beta (i386 alternate), update-manager ran and downloaded some package from the net and prompted me to insert CD-ROM to install updated. I didn't want to install packages from CD-ROM, I then clicked "cancel" and wanted to remove CD-ROM from the source.list by using "software sources" application to only specify internet as package source.
I Couldn't find how to remove CD-ROM from the selection in software-properties-gtk and didn't want to edit /etc/apt/source.list manually. I then tried to click few options here and there in software-properties-gtk application. In "Third-Party Software tab", there was no entries and still there is no entry. Then I quit software-properties-gtk application to retry update-manager.
update-manager wouldn't start and displayed the following error;
"Could not initialize the package information
A unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information.
Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the following error message:
'E:Malformed line 4 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (dist parse), E:The list of sources could not be read.' "
After commenting out line 4 of /etc/apt/source.list the problem disappeared and update-manager ran fine. It seems like software-properties-gtk corrupted the source.list.
Here are the first 8 lines of /etc/apt/source.list [actual lines start after the :]
1:#
2:# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 7.04 _Feisty Fawn_ - Beta i386 (20070322.2)]/ feisty main restricted
3:
4:deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 7.04 _Feisty Fawn_ - Beta i386 (20070322.2)]/ feisty
5:# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
6:# newer versions of the distribution.
7:
8:deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted
it seems the line 4 misses "main restricted" at the end of the line. Also it's strange that line 4 seems to be the same as lthe commented line 2 except for the missing "main restricted". This /etc/apt/source.list was never edited manually.
Mar 31 Update: I re-installed Ubuntu 7.04 beta and made a backup of the /etc/apt/source.list. I can confirm that just going in software-properties application and changing one option (i.e. clicking on "source code") and saving will make the problem show up. The 4 line of the source.list is malformed and no other application can read the source.list without error. |
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| 2007-04-04 00:55:47 |
folkoy |
title |
software-properties-gtk corrupted /etc/apt/source.list |
[Feisty Beta] software-properties-gtk corrupts /etc/apt/source.list |
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| 2007-04-04 13:37:13 |
Michael Vogt |
software-properties: importance |
Undecided |
High |
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| 2007-04-04 13:37:13 |
Michael Vogt |
software-properties: statusexplanation |
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| 2007-04-04 20:15:21 |
Michael Vogt |
software-properties: status |
Unconfirmed |
Fix Released |
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| 2007-04-04 20:15:21 |
Michael Vogt |
software-properties: statusexplanation |
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Thanks for yur bugreport.
This should be fixed with the version 0.59.2. I would appreciate if you could give it some testing and let me know about the result.
Thanks,
Michael |
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| 2007-04-06 03:35:53 |
folkoy |
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added attachment 'softsrc.png' (softsrc.png) |
