1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/reporead.py b/scripts/reporead.py
index 68c77ebe..958278b3 100755
--- a/scripts/reporead.py
+++ b/scripts/reporead.py
@@ -84,6 +84,10 @@ class Pkg(object):
                 if len(val[x]) == 0:
                     logger.warning("Package %s has no %s" % (selfdict['name'],x))
                 selfdict[x] = ''.join(val[x])
+                # make sure we don't have elements larger than the db char
+                # fields
+                if len(selfdict[x]) > 255:
+                    selfdict[x] = selfdict[x][:254]
             elif x == 'force':
                 selfdict[x] = True
             elif x == 'version':