2 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 59656c2e..cf1c20c5 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   o fix encoding of diff output (#52994)  
   o fix for unreproductable crash (#49273)
   o fix rare crash when medium is unknown (#49901)
+  o fix rare crash with packages without any URPM objects (#52751)
   o update GUI package list
 
 Version 5.18 - 1 October 2009, Thierry Vignaud
diff --git a/Rpmdrake/pkg.pm b/Rpmdrake/pkg.pm
index 7b0da077..b97af7d7 100644
--- a/Rpmdrake/pkg.pm
+++ b/Rpmdrake/pkg.pm
@@ -84,6 +84,12 @@ sub extract_header {
     return if $pkg->{$fields{$xml_info}};
 
     my $p = $pkg->{pkg};
+
+    if (!$p) {
+        warn ">> ghost package '$pkg' has no URPM object!!!\n";
+        return;
+    }
+
     my $name = urpm_name($p);
     # fix extracting info for SRPMS and RPM GPG keys:
     $name =~ s!\.src!!;