[Bug 905377] Re: Update Manager suggested sending in bug report -"Could not initialize the package information"

[John Mangan]

Yes.  The problem still exists after several reboots.  I'm about to just
reload a newer version on Edubuntu (11.04).  Just haven't found the time to
try to "save" the desktop items and find out what I've installed since the
original install.  Getting a list of installed packages isn't working for
me.  Haven't been able to download updates or packages since the bug report
was submitted.  Not critical as this is occurring on my young son's
computer.

John

On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 12:05 AM, Tim <RedSingularity at gmx.com> wrote:

> Are you sill having this problem after a reboot?
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> Title:
>  Update Manager suggested sending in bug report -"Could not initialize
>  the package information"
>
> Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
>   Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
>  An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package
>  information.
>
>  Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and
>  include the following error message:
>
>  'W:Encountered status field in a non-version description, E:Malformed
>  1st word in the Status line, E:Error occurred while processing amarok-
>  common (UsePackage2), E:Problem with MergeList /var/lib/dpkg/status,
>  E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.'
>
>  Ubuntu release
>  ~$ lsb_release -rd
>  Description:  Ubuntu 10.10
>  Release:      10.10
>
>  Package version
>  ~$ apt-cache policy package-manager
>  Segmentation fault
>
>  Ubuntu - bug didn't work; gave further error
>  Could not open location 'file:///home/john/ubunter%20-bug'
>  error stating file '/home/john/ubuntu -
>  bug': No such file or directory
>
>  Hope this helps someone; it's all bits to me.
>
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Title:
  Update Manager suggested sending in bug report -"Could not initialize
  the package information"

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

Bug description:
  An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package
  information.

  Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and
  include the following error message:

  'W:Encountered status field in a non-version description, E:Malformed
  1st word in the Status line, E:Error occurred while processing amarok-
  common (UsePackage2), E:Problem with MergeList /var/lib/dpkg/status,
  E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.'

  Ubuntu release
  ~$ lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu 10.10
  Release:	10.10

  Package version
  ~$ apt-cache policy package-manager
  Segmentation fault

  Ubuntu - bug didn't work; gave further error
  Could not open location 'file:///home/john/ubunter%20-bug'
  error stating file '/home/john/ubuntu -
  bug': No such file or directory

  Hope this helps someone; it's all bits to me.

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