2 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/apt-pkg/deb/debindexfile.cc b/apt-pkg/deb/debindexfile.cc
index eee758b7a..a0dd15cd8 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/deb/debindexfile.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/deb/debindexfile.cc
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ bool debTranslationsIndex::Merge(pkgCacheGenerator &Gen,OpProgress *Prog) const
    if (FileExists(TranslationFile))
    {
      FileFd Trans(TranslationFile,FileFd::ReadOnly, FileFd::Extension);
-     debListParser TransParser(&Trans);
+     debTranslationsParser TransParser(&Trans);
      if (_error->PendingError() == true)
        return false;
      
diff --git a/apt-pkg/deb/deblistparser.h b/apt-pkg/deb/deblistparser.h
index baace79fe..3b6963211 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/deb/deblistparser.h
+++ b/apt-pkg/deb/deblistparser.h
@@ -106,4 +106,15 @@ class debListParser : public pkgCacheGenerator::ListParser
    APT_HIDDEN unsigned char ParseMultiArch(bool const showErrors);
 };
 
+class debTranslationsParser : public debListParser
+{
+ public:
+   // a translation can never be a real package
+   virtual std::string Architecture() { return ""; }
+   virtual std::string Version() { return ""; }
+
+   debTranslationsParser(FileFd *File, std::string const &Arch = "")
+      : debListParser(File, Arch) {};
+};
+
 #endif