2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/MageiaUpdate b/MageiaUpdate
index 6db84c4e..e3aba283 100755
--- a/MageiaUpdate
+++ b/MageiaUpdate
@@ -111,7 +111,9 @@ sub toggle {
     my $val = $pkgs->{$name}{selected};
     my $old_status = $val ? 'to_install' : 'to_update';
     my $done;
-    $pkgs->{$name}{pkg}->set_flag_skip(0);
+    my $pkg = $pkgs->{$name}{pkg};
+    return if !$pkg;
+    $pkg->set_flag_skip(0);
     toggle_nodes($w->{real_window}->window, $list->get_model, sub {
                      my ($leaf, $_state, $_model) = @_;
                      $done = 1;
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d4a58a90..b85f6c39 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+- fix a rare crash when some packages are installed twice (mga#4972)
+
 Version 5.30 - 02 March 2012, Thierry Vignaud
 
 - separate paragraphs when displaing READMEs (mga#4697)