This bug went away by synaptic 0.62.5ubuntu3 (now in jaunty-updates), which has this changely entry.
synaptic (0.62.5ubuntu3) jaunty-proposed; urgency=low * improve the logic when the xapian index needs rebuilding by checking the xapian document count against the available packages (LP: #365151) -- Michael Vogt <michael.v...@ubuntu.com> Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:14:30 +0200 ** Changed in: synaptic (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- package data out of date as normal user https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/417541 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs