diff -Nru /tmp/keoGTIqIMg/synaptic-0.62.1ubuntu1~ppa1/configure /tmp/sEzHIWRYBB/synaptic-0.62.1ubuntu1~ppa2/configure
--- /tmp/keoGTIqIMg/synaptic-0.62.1ubuntu1~ppa1/configure	2008-06-12 16:13:32.000000000 +0100
+++ /tmp/sEzHIWRYBB/synaptic-0.62.1ubuntu1~ppa2/configure	2008-06-13 11:20:06.000000000 +0100
@@ -2169,7 +2169,7 @@
 
 # Define the identity of the package.
  PACKAGE=synaptic
- VERSION=0.62.1ubuntu1~ppa1
+ VERSION=0.62.1ubuntu1~ppa2
 
 
 cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
diff -Nru /tmp/keoGTIqIMg/synaptic-0.62.1ubuntu1~ppa1/configure.in /tmp/sEzHIWRYBB/synaptic-0.62.1ubuntu1~ppa2/configure.in
--- /tmp/keoGTIqIMg/synaptic-0.62.1ubuntu1~ppa1/configure.in	2008-06-12 16:13:25.000000000 +0100
+++ /tmp/sEzHIWRYBB/synaptic-0.62.1ubuntu1~ppa2/configure.in	2008-06-13 11:19:58.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 AC_INIT(configure.in)
 
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(synaptic, 0.62.1ubuntu1~ppa1)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(synaptic, 0.62.1ubuntu1~ppa2)
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
 
diff -Nru /tmp/keoGTIqIMg/synaptic-0.62.1ubuntu1~ppa1/debian/changelog /tmp/sEzHIWRYBB/synaptic-0.62.1ubuntu1~ppa2/debian/changelog
--- /tmp/keoGTIqIMg/synaptic-0.62.1ubuntu1~ppa1/debian/changelog	2008-06-12 16:13:22.000000000 +0100
+++ /tmp/sEzHIWRYBB/synaptic-0.62.1ubuntu1~ppa2/debian/changelog	2008-06-13 11:10:05.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+synaptic (0.62.1ubuntu1~ppa2) hardy; urgency=low
+
+  * make apt-xapian-index a depends in hardy instead of a recommends
+  * tighten depends on latest apt-xapian-index in the ppa
+
+ -- Michael Vogt <michael.vogt@ubuntu.com>  Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:08:59 +0200
+
 synaptic (0.62.1ubuntu1~ppa1) hardy; urgency=low
 
   * added support for quick search using xapian (thanks to
diff -Nru /tmp/keoGTIqIMg/synaptic-0.62.1ubuntu1~ppa1/debian/control /tmp/sEzHIWRYBB/synaptic-0.62.1ubuntu1~ppa2/debian/control
--- /tmp/keoGTIqIMg/synaptic-0.62.1ubuntu1~ppa1/debian/control	2008-06-12 15:18:10.000000000 +0100
+++ /tmp/sEzHIWRYBB/synaptic-0.62.1ubuntu1~ppa2/debian/control	2008-06-13 11:19:49.000000000 +0100
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
 
 Package: synaptic
 Architecture: any
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, scrollkeeper
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, scrollkeeper, apt-xapian-index (>= 0.8ubuntu1~ppa1)
 Provides: gsynaptic
 Replaces: gsynaptic
 Conflicts: gsynaptic, menu (<< 2.1.11)
-Recommends: gksu, deborphan, libgnome2-perl, software-properties-gtk, apt-xapian-index
+Recommends: gksu, deborphan, libgnome2-perl, software-properties-gtk
 Suggests: dwww, menu
 Description: Graphical package manager 
  Synaptic is a graphical package management tool based on GTK+ and APT.
diff -Nru /tmp/keoGTIqIMg/synaptic-0.62.1ubuntu1~ppa1/gtk/rgmainwindow.cc /tmp/sEzHIWRYBB/synaptic-0.62.1ubuntu1~ppa2/gtk/rgmainwindow.cc
--- /tmp/keoGTIqIMg/synaptic-0.62.1ubuntu1~ppa1/gtk/rgmainwindow.cc	2008-06-12 15:16:41.000000000 +0100
+++ /tmp/sEzHIWRYBB/synaptic-0.62.1ubuntu1~ppa2/gtk/rgmainwindow.cc	2008-06-13 11:08:37.000000000 +0100
@@ -820,6 +820,10 @@
 void RGMainWindow::xapianDoIndexUpdate()
 {
    //std::cerr << "xapianDoIndexUpdate()" << std::endl;
+   // do not run if we don't have it
+   if(!FileExists("/usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index"))
+      return;
+
    GPid pid;
    char *argp[] = {"/usr/bin/nice",
 		   "/usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index", 
@@ -1677,8 +1681,11 @@
 
    // only enable fast search if its usable
 #ifdef WITH_EPT
-   if(!_lister->textsearch() || !_lister->textsearch()->hasData())
+   if(!_lister->textsearch() || 
+      !_lister->textsearch()->hasData() || 
+      !FileExists("/usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index")) {
       gtk_widget_set_sensitive(glade_xml_get_widget(_gladeXML, "entry_fast_search"), FALSE);
+   }
 #else
    gtk_widget_hide(glade_xml_get_widget(_gladeXML, "vbox_fast_search"));
 #endif