2 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Master/tlpkg/TeXLive/TLPOBJ.pm b/Master/tlpkg/TeXLive/TLPOBJ.pm
index 5e3804d87a6..497367b3d7a 100644
--- a/Master/tlpkg/TeXLive/TLPOBJ.pm
+++ b/Master/tlpkg/TeXLive/TLPOBJ.pm
@@ -261,6 +261,10 @@ sub from_fh {
         $self->{'cataloguedata'}{$1} = "$2";
       } elsif ($line =~ /^catalogue-([^\s]+)\s*/o) {
         1; # ignore e.g. catalogue-ctan without parameter
+      } elsif ($line eq "shortdesc") {
+        $self->{'shortdesc'} .= " ";
+        $lastcmd = "shortdesc";
+        next;
       } elsif ($line =~ /^shortdesc\s+(.*)$/o) {
         $self->{'shortdesc'} .= "$1";
         $lastcmd = "shortdesc";
diff --git a/Master/tlpkg/TeXLive/TLPSRC.pm b/Master/tlpkg/TeXLive/TLPSRC.pm
index ac07d969b87..52779211a8b 100644
--- a/Master/tlpkg/TeXLive/TLPSRC.pm
+++ b/Master/tlpkg/TeXLive/TLPSRC.pm
@@ -125,6 +125,9 @@ sub from_file
       if ($line =~ /^shortdesc\s*(.*)$/) {
         $shortdesc = $1;
         next;
+      } elsif ($line =~ /^shortdesc$/) {
+        $shortdesc = "";
+        next;
       } elsif ($line =~ /^category\s+$CategoriesRegexp$/) {
         $category = $1;
         next;