Ouch! synaptic is brittle. Hand editing /etc/apt/sources.lst resulted in a crash for all of the following. I finally had to yank it out so Package Manager would start.
deb http://archive.canonical.com maverick deb-src http://archive.canonical.com maverick deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu maverick deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu maverick -- Synaptic Package Manager crash after adding [well formed but incorrect] source https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/660214 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs