[Bug 1060350] Re: Update Manager: an unresolvable problem occured while initializing package information

[Ruy Exel]

Ubuntu 12.04

Update Manager

I also got a similar error message and a request to report the bug.
Apparently this bug is preventing  system updates so I'd classify it as
a pretty important bug!

Here is the full error message:

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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/dl.google.com_linux_chrome_deb_dists_stable_main_binary-i386_Packages,
E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.'
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Title:
  Update Manager: an unresolvable problem occured while initializing
  package information

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

Bug description:
  E: encountered a section with no Package: header, E: Problem with
  MergeList
  /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise_restricted_binary_i386_Packages,
  E: The Package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

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