If anyone's landing here from Google searches, the same thing has been observed on Debian Squeeze. An alternative solution is simply:
$ sudo apt-get update This fixed it on my system. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/192567 Title: Synaptic crashes with bus error (core dumped) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/synaptic/+bug/192567/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
