Error alert says "Go to the repository dialog" but doesn't let you
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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synaptic (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Low
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
synaptic 0.75.5, Ubuntu 12.04 beta 1
1. echo "deb http://
2. synaptic
What happens:
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An error occurred
The following details are provided:
E: Malformed line 1 in source list /etc/apt/
E: The list of sources could not be read.
Go to the repository dialog to correct the problem.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.
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* The only button in the error alert is "Close".
* In Ubuntu 10.10 and later, there is no graphical way to get to "the repository dialog", since Ubuntu Software Center and Update Manager won't open either.
What should happen: If Synaptic will continue to ever suggest that you "go to the repository dialog", the error alert should contain a button for actually doing that.
To recover:
3. sudo rm /etc/apt/
The equivalent bug in Update Manager is bug 633316, and in Ubuntu Software Center is bug 633626.
description: | updated |
Changed in synaptic (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.