[Bug 981202] Re: update-manager crashed with SystemError in marked_install(): E:Malformed line 56 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (dist parse), E:The list of sources could not be read.

[Robert Roth]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu
better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears
to be a "regular" (non-security) bug. I have unmarked it as a security
issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to
cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy.
Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

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Title:
  update-manager crashed with SystemError in marked_install():
  E:Malformed line 56 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (dist parse),
  E:The list of sources could not be read.

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

Bug description:
  The error occured while I was install another programme (spyder). I
  presume it was a conflict in permissions to apt-get that caused the
  crash.

  ProblemType: Crash
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: update-manager 1:0.156.11
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic-pae 3.2.14
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic-pae i686
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Fri Apr 13 22:53:55 2012
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/update-manager
  GsettingsChanges:
   com.ubuntu.update-manager first-run false
   com.ubuntu.update-manager launch-time 1334353945
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta i386 (20120413)
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/update-manager
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/update-manager']
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  Title: update-manager crashed with SystemError in marked_install(): E:Malformed line 56 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (dist parse), E:The list of sources could not be read.
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

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