I guess this is an upstream problem. Not really a bug, but synaptic should be able to handle this situation and deselect the deps as well.
** Changed in: synaptic (Ubuntu)
Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed
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not updating dependancies during package install
https://launchpad.net/bugs/53485
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