1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/mdkapplet b/mdkapplet
index a05fd2c3..42e516ce 100755
--- a/mdkapplet
+++ b/mdkapplet
@@ -309,6 +309,9 @@ sub is_there_a_new_distributions() {
     # sanity check for cooker:
     # (2008.0 wrongly reports 'Devel' instead of 'Official'):
     return if $product_id->{branch} eq 'Devel' && !is_it_2008_0();
+    # some OEM Philco systems have no specific updates repo
+    # so we can only blacklist them here directly
+    return if cat_("/etc/oem-release") =~ /philco/i;
 
     my @distros = get_distro_list();
     return if !@distros;