* apt-pkg/acquire-item.{cc,h}:

  - do not check for a "Package" tag in optional index targets
    like the translations index

2 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/apt-pkg/acquire-item.cc b/apt-pkg/acquire-item.cc
index df83d1481..d0fbf948f 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/acquire-item.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/acquire-item.cc
@@ -808,6 +808,9 @@ pkgAcqIndex::pkgAcqIndex(pkgAcquire *Owner, IndexTarget const *Target,
    if (CompressionExtension.empty() == false)
       CompressionExtension.erase(CompressionExtension.end()-1);
 
+   if (Target->IsOptional())
+     Verify = false;
+
    Init(Target->URI, Target->Description, Target->ShortDesc);
 }
 									/*}}}*/
@@ -905,6 +908,7 @@ void pkgAcqIndex::Done(string Message,unsigned long long Size,string Hash,
 
       /* Verify the index file for correctness (all indexes must
        * have a Package field) (LP: #346386) (Closes: #627642) */
+      if (Verify == true)
       {
 	 FileFd fd(DestFile, FileFd::ReadOnly);
 	 pkgTagSection sec;
diff --git a/apt-pkg/acquire-item.h b/apt-pkg/acquire-item.h
index f39a90c0b..13be17a01 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/acquire-item.h
+++ b/apt-pkg/acquire-item.h
@@ -559,6 +559,16 @@ class pkgAcqIndex : public pkgAcquire::Item
     */
    bool Erase;
 
+   /** \brief Verify for correctness by checking if a "Package"
+    *         tag is found in the index. This can be set to
+    *         false for optional index targets
+    *       
+    */
+   // FIXME: instead of a bool it should use a verify string that will
+   //        then be used in the pkgAcqIndex::Done method to ensure that
+   //        the downloaded file contains the expected tag
+   bool Verify;
+
    /** \brief The download request that is currently being
     *   processed.
     */