Can running Synaptic cause kde-package mgr to behave incorectly?

[John Foster <jfoster@augustmail.com>]

I have already mentioned twice on this list that I am having a problem with 
updates. I reinstalled Synaptic, apt and all of the various apt related 
applications and now have Synaptic running properly. I then recalled that 
when kde-package manager crapped out was right after I ran Synaptic on my 
system for the first time. I then looked at the docs for synaptic and noticed 
that it seems to alter the way apt records the way the applications relate to 
the available ones. Has any body got an idea why or if this might cause 
kde-package mgr to not recognize that there are files available for update.
Thanks.
-- 
John Foster