Remapping keys broken

I want to remap the control key to the caps lock on my PB.
To do this, I used System Preferences -> Hardware -> Keyboard and Mouse -> Modifier Keys to make both caps lock and control keys perform the control action.
The result is unreliable.
Usually both keys perform the control action.
But the caps lock key gets stuck doing only control, or only no effect. It's as if it were still a toggle key like caps lock, not a shift key like a control.
Is this a known bug?

QuickKeys will, amongh other tricks, allow you to type any desired text on a chosen key combination (so for example alt-command-zero). However it is $80.
Or you may be able to do this in TypeIt4Me which is only $27.

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