Synaptic and dselect behaving oddly

[Nathan Sprangers]

>> synaptic.conf:
>> Synaptic "" {
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> <snip>
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>>  ShowAllPkgInfoInMain "true";
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> I think that's the culprit.  I set the "show package properties in 
> main window" preference again and I had the same problem.  Can anyone 
> reproduce this?
> ~Nathan
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I spoke too soon, simply opening Preferences causes Synaptic to stop 
displaying any packages.
~Nathan