[Bug 1133390] [NEW] update manager failure

[Roger Norton]

Public bug reported:

On running update manager after 3 weeks offline, the update failed, and
the following error message was shown:

Could not initialise the package information

An unresolvable problem occurred while initialising the package
information.

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

'E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with
MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/gb.archive.ubuntu
.com_ubuntu_dists_precise_universe_i18n_Translation-en, E:The package
lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.'

** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  update manager failure

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

Bug description:
  On running update manager after 3 weeks offline, the update failed,
  and the following error message was shown:

  Could not initialise the package information

  An unresolvable problem occurred while initialising the package
  information.

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

  'E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with
  MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/gb.archive.ubuntu
  .com_ubuntu_dists_precise_universe_i18n_Translation-en, E:The package
  lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.'

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