According to http://codebrowse.launchpad.net/~mvo/synaptic/synaptic--main/revision/michael.vogt%40ubuntu.com-20070802152421-1ghxv2n5y11i8zhy?start_revid=michael.vogt%40ubuntu.com-20070802152421-1ghxv2n5y11i8zhy it should be fixed in the source code.
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it should be fixed in the source code.