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diff --git a/apt-pkg/policy.cc b/apt-pkg/policy.cc
index 0a06cc6e3..d0f97441d 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/policy.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/policy.cc
@@ -405,6 +405,10 @@ bool ReadPinFile(pkgPolicy &Plcy,string File)
PreferenceSection Tags;
while (TF.Step(Tags) == true)
{
+ // can happen when there are only comments in a record
+ if (Tags.Count() == 0)
+ continue;
+
string Name = Tags.FindS("Package");
if (Name.empty() == true)
return _error->Error(_("Invalid record in the preferences file %s, no Package header"), File.c_str());