[Bug 1879940] [NEW] bug causes update-manager to pop up again and again after apt was upgraded to latest version

[Anudeep N Rao]

Public bug reported:

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:Target Packages (main/binary-amd64/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:42 and /etc/apt/sources.list:53, W:Target Packages (main/binary-i386/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:42 and /etc/apt/sources.list:53, W:Target Packages (main/binary-all/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:42 and /etc/apt/sources.list:53, W:Target Translations (main/i18n/Translation-en_IN) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:42 and /etc/apt/sources.list:53, W:Target Translations (main/i18n/Translation-en) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:42 and /etc/apt/sources.list:53, W:Target DEP-11 (main/dep11/Components-amd64.yml) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:42 and /etc/apt/sources.list:53, W:Target DEP-11 (main/dep11/Components-all.yml) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:42 and /etc/apt/sources.list:53, W:Target DEP-11-icons-small (main/dep11/icons-48x48.tar) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:42 and /etc/apt/sources.list:53, W:Target DEP-11-icons (main/dep11/icons-64x64.tar) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:42 and /etc/apt/sources.list:53, W:Target CNF (main/cnf/Commands-amd64) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:42 and /etc/apt/sources.list:53, W:Target CNF (main/cnf/Commands-all) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:42 and /etc/apt/sources.list:53, W:Target Packages (restricted/binary-amd64/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:42 and /etc/apt/sources.list:53, W:Target Packages (restricted/binary-i386/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:42 and /etc/apt/sources.list:53, W:Target Packages

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: update-manager 1:20.04.10
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-29.33-generic 5.4.30
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-29-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Thu May 21 17:09:12 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-06-19 (702 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LD_LIBRARY_PATH=<set>
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_IN
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: update-manager
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug focal

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Title:
  bug causes update-manager to pop up again and again after apt was
  upgraded to latest version

Status in update-manager package in Ubuntu:
  New

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:Target Packages (main/binary-amd64/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:42 and /etc/apt/sources.list:53, W:Target Packages (main/binary-i386/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:42 and /etc/apt/sources.list:53, W:Target Packages (main/binary-all/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:42 and /etc/apt/sources.list:53, W:Target Translations (main/i18n/Translation-en_IN) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:42 and /etc/apt/sources.list:53, W:Target Translations (main/i18n/Translation-en) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:42 and /etc/apt/sources.list:53, W:Target DEP-11 (main/dep11/Components-amd64.yml) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:42 and /etc/apt/sources.list:53, W:Target DEP-11 (main/dep11/Components-all.yml) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:42 and /etc/apt/sources.list:53, W:Target DEP-11-icons-small (main/dep11/icons-48x48.tar) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:42 and /etc/apt/sources.list:53, W:Target DEP-11-icons (main/dep11/icons-64x64.tar) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:42 and /etc/apt/sources.list:53, W:Target CNF (main/cnf/Commands-amd64) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:42 and /etc/apt/sources.list:53, W:Target CNF (main/cnf/Commands-all) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:42 and /etc/apt/sources.list:53, W:Target Packages (restricted/binary-amd64/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:42 and /etc/apt/sources.list:53, W:Target Packages (restricted/binary-i386/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:42 and /etc/apt/sources.list:53, W:Target Packages

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  Package: update-manager 1:20.04.10
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-29.33-generic 5.4.30
  Uname: Linux 5.4.0-29-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Thu May 21 17:09:12 2020
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-06-19 (702 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LD_LIBRARY_PATH=<set>
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_IN
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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