On Fri, 2011-03-04 at 21:42 +0000, Adam Naylor wrote:
Sometimes suppliers redirect all web page requests to an
"activation"
page like that. They forget that there may be automated stuff also
making web requests. Once you go through the activation process
everything works as normal.
Iain, try running:
'sudo apt-get clean && sudo apt-get update'
If not, delete the file you mention and re-update.
Seems a bit daft that Ubuntu accepted an unparseable file though -
it
should have rejected it as nonsense.
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.
^ I think it did, Adam. :)
Tom