Problem with MergeList

[galen]

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sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Problem parsing dependency Depends
E: Error occurred while processing iron (NewVersion2)
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/sparkylinux.org_repo_dists_testing_main_binary-i386_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened

found one topic on forum, did not help.

tried to repair with
sudo dpkg --configure -a
exits ok
but error remains

purged /var/lib/apt/lists
that did not resolve

any ideas?

[pavroo]

Somebody reported me similar problem with iron package too.
Will try to re-pack it tonight so wait until tomorrow.

[pavroo]

Refresh package list and try again now.

[galen]

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E: Problem parsing dependency Depends
E: Error occurred while processing iron (NewVersion2)
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/sparkylinux.org_repo_dists_testing_main_binary-i386_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

package upgrade is still broken

[pavroo]

Check here:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/30072/how-do-i-fix-a-problem-with-mergelist-or-status-file-could-not-be-parsed-err

[galen]

I tried the upgrade path again,
now getting this error.
I'll check Ubuntu link as well

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Setting up unattended-upgrades (0.98) ...
Failed to start unattended-upgrades.service: Unit unattended-upgrades.service failed to load: Invalid argument. See system logs and 'systemctl status unattended-upgrades.service' for details.
invoke-rc.d: initscript unattended-upgrades, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing package unattended-upgrades (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 6
Errors were encountered while processing:
unattended-upgrades
N: Ignoring file '50unattended-upgrades.ucf-dist' in directory '/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[galen]

I removed the .dist-ucf file and retried the upgrade

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Setting up unattended-upgrades (0.98) ...
Failed to start unattended-upgrades.service: Unit unattended-upgrades.service failed to load: Invalid argument. See system logs and 'systemctl status unattended-upgrades.service' for details.
invoke-rc.d: initscript unattended-upgrades, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing package unattended-upgrades (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 6

[pavroo]

Debian bugs:
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/365882/debian-failed-to-stop-unattended-upgrades-service

[galen]

Debian bugs:
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/365882/debian-failed-to-stop-unattended-upgrades-service

sorry, that did not work

[galen]

Im going to wipe my sparky install.
do you want my var-log tar gz for trouble shooting archives?