installer: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/adoptopenjdk.jfrog.io_adoptopenjdk_deb_dists_buster_main_binary-amd64_Packages.lz4

Also occurring on Ubuntu 19.04:

Hit:9 https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt xenial InRelease                                                                      
Hit:10 http://binaries.erlang-solutions.com/debian disco Release                                                         
Hit:11 https://storage.googleapis.com/bazel-apt stable InRelease                                                         
Hit:12 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable Release                                        
Ign:14 https://adoptopenjdk.jfrog.io/adoptopenjdk/deb disco InRelease       
Hit:16 https://adoptopenjdk.jfrog.io/adoptopenjdk/deb disco Release
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/adoptopenjdk.jfrog.io_adoptopenjdk_deb_dists_disco_main_binary-amd64_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

Still occurring in 19.04

+1 for temporarily disabling it; it’s affecting the Ubuntu automatic updater (resulting in visible warnings on login) and at one point was hiding a kernel update 😕

Index has been regenerated and it’s working, at least for the moment.

Still occurring in 19.04

It has been working in the meantime. But every time we upload another package it might break again. And we’re uploading a lot of packages because this week the new CPUs came out. It’s annoying and I’m looking for a solution.

Also occurring on Ubuntu 19.04:

Hit:9 https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt xenial InRelease                                                                      
Hit:10 http://binaries.erlang-solutions.com/debian disco Release                                                         
Hit:11 https://storage.googleapis.com/bazel-apt stable InRelease                                                         
Hit:12 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable Release                                        
Ign:14 https://adoptopenjdk.jfrog.io/adoptopenjdk/deb disco InRelease       
Hit:16 https://adoptopenjdk.jfrog.io/adoptopenjdk/deb disco Release
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/adoptopenjdk.jfrog.io_adoptopenjdk_deb_dists_disco_main_binary-amd64_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

I’m commenting out your PPA in the meantime. Please update the issue when it’s stable again.

I can confirm, same message as @overlisted but with

Encountered a section with no Package: header
Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/adoptopenjdk.jfrog.io_adoptopenjdk_deb_dists_buster_main_binary-amd64_Packages
Die Paketliste oder die Statusdatei konnte nicht eingelesen oder geöffnet werden.
Can't call method "policy" on an undefined value at /usr/bin/apt-show-versions line 53.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/debtags", line 700, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/bin/debtags", line 694, in main
    sys.exit(action.main(args))
  File "/usr/bin/debtags", line 632, in main
    for pkg, tags in self.tags_from_apt():
  File "/usr/bin/debtags", line 256, in tags_from_apt
    cache = self.apt_cache
  File "/usr/bin/debtags", line 241, in apt_cache
    res = self._apt_cache = apt.Cache()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 170, in __init__
    self.open(progress)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 230, in open
    self._cache = apt_pkg.Cache(progress)
apt_pkg.Error: E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/adoptopenjdk.jfrog.io_adoptopenjdk_deb_dists_buster_main_binary-amd64_Packages, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
Paketlisten werden gelesen... Fehler!
E: Problem executing scripts APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success 'test -x /usr/bin/apt-show-versions || exit 0 ; apt-show-versions -i'
E: Sub-process returned an error code
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/adoptopenjdk.jfrog.io_adoptopenjdk_deb_dists_buster_main_binary-amd64_Packages
E: Die Paketliste oder die Statusdatei konnte nicht eingelesen oder geöffnet werden.

the last 2 lines are what overlisted posted but in german.

This makes it sound to me like maybe JFrog isn’t the best choice of provider.

Looks like this issue is going to stay with us a little while longer. JFrog plans to develop and release a fix “in the following two quarters”.

https://github.com/AdoptOpenJDK/openjdk-infrastructure/issues/1647

The problem was apparently fixed (wasn’t notified). No manual metadata generation was required during the July release cycle. Therefore I close this ticket.

We’ll use something else for Adoptium that’s more reliable.

TL;DR: It’s safe to use our package feed again.

The problem seems to be the incremental metadata generation in Artifactory. Together with JFrog, we’ve been able to reliably reproduce and isolate the issue. But there’s no fix yet. Until there’s a permanent fix, I’ve disabled the automatic upload of releases. We’ll generate and upload those manually for the time being.

I hope we can sort these issues out until the next CPU.

Index has been rgenerated. Should be good, now.