synaptic package manager corrupting dpkg

[userDepth]

Every now and then Synaptic starts corrupting the DPKG database

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: synaptic 0.83
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-59.80-generic 4.4.35
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-59-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Tue Jan 24 16:01:13 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-01-21 (2 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719)
SourcePackage: synaptic
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[userDepth (binarydepth)]

To reproduce start using it to install SW in batches

[gf (gf-interlinks-deactivatedaccount)]

Hello UserDepth,
Thank you for submitting this bug and reporting a problem with synaptic. You made this bug report some time ago and Ubuntu has been updated since then.

Could you confirm that this is no longer a problem and that we can close the ticket?
If it is still a problem, are you still interested in finding a solution to this bug?
If you are, could you let us know, and in the current version, run the following (only once):
apport-collect BUGNUMBER
and upload the updated logs and and any other logs that are relevant for this particular issue.

Thank you again for helping make Ubuntu better.
G

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for synaptic (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]