The fix is real simple, just added a --continue to the line where the wget command is generated (in synaptic-0.57.11ubuntu12/gtk/rgmainwindow.cc)
Here I submit the patch. ** Attachment added: "patch with the proposed fix" http://librarian.launchpad.net/6877518/synaptic-0.57.11ubuntu12.patch -- Package download script does not continue if stopped https://launchpad.net/bugs/76462 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs