2 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 98babfc..4a3d662 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+- add check to highlight that the first reference must be the MGA advisory bug
+
 Version 0.19
 
 - check that SRPMs exist when publishing updates
diff --git a/lib/MGA/Advisories.pm b/lib/MGA/Advisories.pm
index 2d066b6..76bf4ef 100644
--- a/lib/MGA/Advisories.pm
+++ b/lib/MGA/Advisories.pm
@@ -208,6 +208,10 @@ sub assign_id {
             return;
         }
         (my $bugnum) = $adv->{references}[0] =~ m/$config->{bugzilla_url}.*=([0-9]+)$/g;
+        if (!defined $bugnum) {
+            print STDERR "First reference does not appear to be a Mageia bug link\n";
+            return;
+        }
         if ($advbugnum ne $bugnum) {
             print STDERR "First reference is not the corresponding Mageia advisory bug\n";
             return;