The same problem also occurs in Linux Mint 13 Maya, Cinnamon edition 64-bit, and Xubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin 64-bit. I do believe that the problem also occurred in Xubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot 64-bit because I had the same problems using synaptic right after I had installed Xubuntu.
To reproduce the problem, one can make a fresh installation of one of the distributions mentioned, with the Norwegian Language Pack (Norsk Bokmål) on a computer. Then start Synaptic, and for example make an attempt to uninstall Libre Office or OpenJDK and IcedTea. When you click the "Apply"-button ("Bruk"), this will result in Synaptic terminating unexpectedly, with no tasks being performed. If Synaptic was started from a terminal emulator, one would get some output. (I am unable to reproduce the output now, as I have had a large headache getting my distro configured the way I want it, and I don't want to mess things up now.)
The problem will not occur when using english language pack (en_US).
Bug #787173 has some similarities as the cause in that case is also related to the Norwegian language pack (nb_NO). But I do not think it's quite the same bug, because the program does not perform the same task when it crashes in that case.
The same problem also occurs in Linux Mint 13 Maya, Cinnamon edition 64-bit, and Xubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin 64-bit. I do believe that the problem also occurred in Xubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot 64-bit because I had the same problems using synaptic right after I had installed Xubuntu.
To reproduce the problem, one can make a fresh installation of one of the distributions mentioned, with the Norwegian Language Pack (Norsk Bokmål) on a computer. Then start Synaptic, and for example make an attempt to uninstall Libre Office or OpenJDK and IcedTea. When you click the "Apply"-button ("Bruk"), this will result in Synaptic terminating unexpectedly, with no tasks being performed. If Synaptic was started from a terminal emulator, one would get some output. (I am unable to reproduce the output now, as I have had a large headache getting my distro configured the way I want it, and I don't want to mess things up now.)
The problem will not occur when using english language pack (en_US).
Bug #787173 has some similarities as the cause in that case is also related to the Norwegian language pack (nb_NO). But I do not think it's quite the same bug, because the program does not perform the same task when it crashes in that case.