Karmic apt-xapian-index dependency issue also breaks Synaptic

[nate]

Binary package hint: synaptic

Upgraded to Karmic, wanted the quick search in Synaptic required apt-xapian-index. Uninstallable since outdated version of python-apt:

apt-xapian-index:
  Depends: python-apt (>=0.7.10.3) but 0.7.9~exp2ubuntu10 is to be installed

What this means:
1.) This caused some dependency breakage, that I later was able to sort out.
2.) The Quick Search in Synaptic is grayed out.
3.) I can type into the grid and have the (quick) search work just fine. Not sure the term for it since Quick Search is already taken. The auto search feature similar to Firefox and Nautilus where the lil' text box shows up. That is fine.
4.) The Repositories setting is now broken. Details:
Settings > Repositories:
Yields the "The repository information has changed. You have to click on the "Reload" button for your changes to take effect" error which is not resolved by reloading the packages. Means I have to manually edit /etc/apt/source.list

Details of my system:
~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu karmic (development branch)
Release: 9.10

~$ apt-cache policy synaptic
synaptic:
  Installed: 0.62.5ubuntu3
  Candidate: 0.62.5ubuntu3
  Version table:
 *** 0.62.5ubuntu3 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

~$ apt-cache policy python-apt
python-apt:
  Installed: 0.7.9~exp2ubuntu10
  Candidate: 0.7.9~exp2ubuntu10
  Version table:
 *** 0.7.9~exp2ubuntu10 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks for your report.

I'm closing this report because it was filed against a development version. Don't hesitate to reopen if it's still an issue with the final release. Thanks.