[Bug 133050] Re: Error 'Malformed 3rd word on Status line' whilst updating

[isdl]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 886273 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/886273

E:Malformed 3rd word in the Status line, E:Error occurred while
processing distro-info-data (UsePackage2), E:Problem with MergeList
/var/lib/dpkg/status, E:The package lists or status file could not be
parsed or opened.

... same thing happened on my new ubuntu 16.04 installation. Just a
couple of days after fresh installation, this error came out from
nowwhere, Now, it's impossible to update. Anybody found a permanent fix
yet? Thanks.

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Title:
  Error 'Malformed 3rd word on Status line' whilst updating

Status in update-manager package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: update-manager

  Performed an update using Update Manager on 16 Aug 2007 at 22:20 GMT. Received following error:
  Could not initialise the package information

  An unresolvable problem occurred while initialising the package
  information.

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

  'E:Malformed 3rd word in the Status line, E:Error occurred while
  processing initramfs-tools (UsePackage2), E:Problem with MergeList
  /var/lib/dpkg/status, E:The package lists or status file could not be
  parsed or opened.'

  Unsure if this is a data problem with my system, or general problem,
  reporting as requested by message.

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