--- build/rpmfc.c.orig	2013-09-11 17:13:39.165560997 +0000
+++ build/rpmfc.c	2013-09-11 17:13:52.171560974 +0000
@@ -848,6 +848,8 @@ rpmRC rpmfcApply(rpmfc fc)
     previx = -1;
     for (rpmsid id = 1; id <= nddict; id++) {
 	s = rpmstrPoolStr(fc->ddict, id);
+	if (!s || !*s)
+	    continue;
 
 	/* Parse out (file#,deptype,N,EVR,Flags) */
 	ix = strtol(s, &se, 10);