#717679 apt-cache search results broken while apt-get update running

Package:
apt
Source:
apt
Description:
commandline package manager
Submitter:
Joey Hess
Date:
2015-05-07 10:27:13 UTC
Severity:
normal
#717679#5
Date:
2013-07-23 17:58:38 UTC
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To:
While apt-get update was running (and probably running rred), I ran 3 apt-cache
searches:

joey@gnu:~>apt-cache search ecryptfs
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 - Ecore functions for dealing with the X Windows System
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 - Core abstraction layer for enlightenment DR 0.17

joey@gnu:~>apt-cache search ecryptfs
ecryptfs-utils - ecryptfs cryptographic filesystem (utilities)
ecryptfs-utils-dbg - ecryptfs cryptographic filesystem (utilities; debug)
libecryptfs-dev - ecryptfs cryptographic filesystem (development)
libecryptfs0 - ecryptfs cryptographic filesystem (library)
python-ecryptfs - ecryptfs cryptographic filesystem (python)
joey@gnu:~>apt-cache search ecryptfs
 -
 -
 - ecryptfs cryptographic filesystem (utilities)
 -
 -
 - ecryptfs cryptographic filesystem (utilities; debug)
 - ecryptfs cryptographic filesystem (development)

Note that apt-cache show has this to say:

joey@gnu:~>apt-cache show ecryptfs-utils
E: Package file /var/lib/apt/lists/cdn.debian.net_debian_dists_unstable_main_binary-i386_Packages is out of sync.