[Bug 870323] Re: package manager fail

[Caleb Lounds]

I execute

apport-collect 870323

in the terminal and get this response
 
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/apport/apport-gtk", line 368, in <module>
    app.run_argv()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apport/ui.py", line 560, in run_argv
    return self.run_update_report()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apport/ui.py", line 460, in run_update_report
    apport.packaging.get_version(p)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apport/packaging_impl.py", line 71, in get_version
    pkg = self._apt_pkg(package)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apport/packaging_impl.py", line 64, in _apt_pkg
    return self._cache()[package]
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apport/packaging_impl.py", line 52, in _cache
    self._apt_cache = apt.Cache(apt.progress.base.OpProgress())
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 88, in __init__
    self.open(progress)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 126, in open
    self._cache = apt_pkg.Cache(progress)
SystemError: E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_maverick-updates_universe_binary-i386_Packages, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

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Title:
  package manager fail

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  I am using Ubuntu 10.10 the Maverick Meerkat - released in October
  2010 and supported until April 2012.

  update manager fails and displays the following:

  (Could not initialize the package information

  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_maverick-updates_universe_binary-i386_Packages,
  E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.')

  package manager fails and displays the following:

  (An error occurred
  The following details are provided:

  E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
  E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_maverick-updates_universe_binary-i386_Packages
  E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
  E: _cache->open() failed, please report.)

  and Ubuntu Software Center fails to do anything at all

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