This issue is supposedly fixed in 0.75
from changelog:
* make sure /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99synaptic is mode 644
(LP: #637157)closing this bug -- bye Thilo 4096R/0xC70B1A8F 721B 1BA0 095C 1ABA 3FC6 7C18 89A4 A2A0 C70B 1A8F -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]

