* python/progress.cc:

  - when pulse() does not return a boolean assume "true"
    (thanks to Martin Pitt for telling me about the problem)

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/python/progress.cc b/python/progress.cc
index 793265db..99ad0a25 100644
--- a/python/progress.cc
+++ b/python/progress.cc
@@ -185,8 +185,10 @@ bool PyFetchProgress::Pulse(pkgAcquire * Owner)
    bool res = true;
    if(!PyArg_Parse(result, "b", &res)) 
    {
-      // mvo: this is harmless, we shouldn't print anything here
-      //std::cerr << "result could not be parsed" << std::endl;
+      // most of the time the user who subclasses the pulse() 
+      // method forgot to add a return {True,False} so we just
+      // assume he wants a True
+      return true;
    }
 
    // fetching can be canceld by returning false