--- synaptic.orig/common/rsources.cc

+++ synaptic/common/rsources.cc

@@ -433,7 +433,11 @@ bool SourcesList::ReadVendors()

 {

    Configuration Cnf;

-   string CnfFile = _config->FindFile("Dir::Etc::vendorlist");

+   string CnfFile = _config->FindDir("Dir::Etc::vendorparts");

+   if (FileExists(CnfFile) == true)

+      if (ReadConfigDir(Cnf,CnfFile,true) == false)

+         return false;

+   CnfFile = _config->FindFile("Dir::Etc::vendorlist");

    if (FileExists(CnfFile) == true)

       if (ReadConfigFile(Cnf, CnfFile, true) == false)

          return false;