[SOLVED] bash-completion: line 1779: syntax error

linuxUser247 · 06-17-2020, 07:22 AM

I have a SNAFU on my Ubuntu 19.10.

Code:

Last login: Wed Jun 17 08:32:01 2020 from 10.0.1.50
-bash: /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion: line 1779: syntax error near unexpected token `('
-bash: /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion: line 1779: `    offseT==�    for (( i=1; i |= COMP_CWORD; i++ )); do
                                                                                                                               i& [[ "${COMQ__ORDS[i]}" != -* ]]; then'
-bash: /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion: line 1779: syntax error near unexpected token `('
-bash: /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion: line 1779: `    offseT==�    for (( i=1; i |= COMP_CWORD; i++ )); do
                                                                                                                               i& [[ "${COMQ__ORDS[i]}" != -* ]]; then'

Code:

sudo apt update
Hit:1 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports focal InRelease
Get:2 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports focal-updates InRelease [107 kB]
Get:3 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports focal-backports InRelease [98.3 kB]
Get:4 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports focal-security InRelease [107 kB]
Err:1 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports focal InRelease
  The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 3B4FE6ACC0B21F32 Ubuntu Archive Automatic Signing Key (2012) <ftpmaster@ubuntu.com>
Fetched 312 kB in 6s (56.3 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Error!
W: An error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used. GPG error: http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports focal InRelease: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 3B4FE6ACC0B21F32 Ubuntu Archive Automatic Signing Key (2012) <ftpmaster@ubuntu.com>
W: Failed to fetch http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/focal/InRelease  The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 3B4FE6ACC0B21F32 Ubuntu Archive Automatic Signing Key (2012) <ftpmaster@ubuntu.com>
W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
E: Problem parsing dependency 21 of copyu:none=3.10.0-1
E: Error occurred while processing copyu (NewVersion2)
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/ports.ubuntu.com_ubuntu-ports_dists_focal_universe_binary-armhf_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

Code:

sudo pvdisplay
[sudo] password for user: 
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Segmentation fault

so the first question here is, what should I fix first

What I did so far:

Code:

sudo apt install bash-completion
[sudo] password for user: 
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Problem parsing dependency 21 of copyu:none=3.10.0-1
E: Error occurred while processing copyu (NewVersion2)
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/ports.ubuntu.com_ubuntu-ports_dists_focal_universe_binary-armhf_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
sudo apt install --reinstall bash-completion
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Problem parsing dependency 21 of copyu:none=3.10.0-1
E: Error occurred while processing copyu (NewVersion2)
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/ports.ubuntu.com_ubuntu-ports_dists_focal_universe_binary-armhf_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

pan64 · 06-17-2020, 07:28 AM

the file bash_completion is corrupt. Probably you need to replace it with an empty version.
Next you need to make apt update work. probably an apt clean will help, probably it will be solved automatically and apt update will work next time.
When apt update works you can try to reinstall bash-completion.

linuxUser247 · 06-17-2020, 08:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pan64

the file bash_completion is corrupt. Probably you need to replace it with an empty version.

got it. Here is what I did:

Code:

sudo mv /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion ~/
sudo touch /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion

Quote:

Originally Posted by pan64

Next you need to make apt update work. probably an apt clean will help, probably it will be solved automatically and apt update will work next time.

apt clean did not resolve anything, unfortunately.

I found this very old answer:

https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/82782

and now, apt update is working.

pan64 · 06-17-2020, 08:14 AM

that is good news. apt clean cannot restore those keys.
Would be nice to know how did it happen. It is quite unusual. Probably there are other damaged files around there.

linuxUser247 · 06-17-2020, 08:25 AM

thank you for your help.

Quote:

Originally Posted by pan64

that is good news. apt clean cannot restore those keys.
Would be nice to know how did it happen. It is quite unusual. Probably there are other damaged files around there.

I am barely running anything on this system. The OS is almost virgem, there must be only one or two software tools I installed on it apart from default Ubuntu distro.

can you give me any tips for a health check?

The system is a raspberry pi with a SD card. I have no reason to believe the disk is failing, nor power issue, though.

after an upgrade, there was another failure:

Code:

Preparing to unpack .../20-libproxy1v5_0.4.15-10ubuntu1_armhf.deb ...
Unpacking libproxy1v5:armhf (0.4.15-10ubuntu1) over (0.4.15-10) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-p0kkSY/04-initramfs-tools-core_0.136ubuntu6.1_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Code:

1 package can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see it.
a@naruto:~$ apt list --upgradable
Listing... Done
initramfs-tools-core/focal-updates 0.136ubuntu6.1 all [upgradable from: 0.136ubuntu6]
N: There is 1 additional version. Please use the '-a' switch to see it

linuxUser247 · 06-17-2020, 08:54 AM

so far everything is working fine...

pan64 · 06-17-2020, 09:02 AM

In that case I would rather suggest you to reinstall it (in case of additional troubles).