I would try apt-get check, and if that doesn't work, play around with
apt-get and or apt-cache and any other options. If you can't get
anywhere doing that, I would ask on debianplanet.org.
scott
Michael Manchester wrote:
>After a system lockup and a run of fsck I can't do a
>system upgrade Here is the errors I'm getting from
>apt-get upgrade
>Reading Package Lists... Error!
>W: Encountered status field in a non-version
>description
>E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
>E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/dpkg/status
>E: The package lists or status file could not be
>parsed or opened.
>
>I've restored the /var/lib/dpkg/status file from a
>backup but no luck in getting apt to work. Does this
>requre a reinstall to fix?
>
>Thanks
>Mike M
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