a little error checking when reading in the header list

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/comps.py b/comps.py
index 1334c0ed3..48bc0d158 100644
--- a/comps.py
+++ b/comps.py
@@ -120,6 +120,10 @@ class HeaderList:
 			newCompat.append(Package(h))
 		else:
 		    self.packages[name] = Package(h)
+        if hdlist and not self.packages:
+            raise RuntimeError, ("the header list was read, but no packages "
+                                 "matching this architecture were found for "
+                                 "architecture '%s'." % os.uname()[4])
 
 	if compatPackages != None:
 	    # don't use list + here, as it creates a new object