Comment 1 for bug 393446

Just about the same problem. A fresh install of Ubuntu 10.10 64bit. I opened synaptic and made a searched. After hanging for a few minutes I forced it to close and reopen it to update sources. That when I got following error:
"E: Kunne ikke tolke pakkefilen /var/lib/apt/lists/dk.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_maverick_universe_binary-amd64_Packages (1)
E: Pakkelisterne eller statusfilen kunne ikke tolkes eller åbnes."
Translation gives the same as about: "E: Could not parse the package list [path name]. E:The package list or status file could not be parsed or opened."
Same repair as above worked fine. But this shouldn't happen in the first place.