1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/package_ipk.bbclass b/meta/classes/package_ipk.bbclass
index fa47385fa8..c7cec9d63d 100644
--- a/meta/classes/package_ipk.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/package_ipk.bbclass
@@ -145,7 +145,11 @@ python do_package_ipk () {
                         # We don't limit the width when manually indent, but we do
                         # need the textwrap.fill() to set the initial_indent and
                         # subsequent_indent, so set a large width
-                        ctrlfile.write('%s\n' % textwrap.fill(t.strip(), width=100000, initial_indent=' ', subsequent_indent=' '))
+                        line = textwrap.fill(t.strip(),
+                                             width=100000,
+                                             initial_indent=' ',
+                                             subsequent_indent=' ') or '.'
+                        ctrlfile.write('%s\n' % line)
                 else:
                     # Auto indent
                     ctrlfile.write('%s\n' % textwrap.fill(description, width=74, initial_indent=' ', subsequent_indent=' '))