Index: modules/update/update.fetch.inc
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/modules/update/update.fetch.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.22
diff -u -p -r1.22 update.fetch.inc
--- modules/update/update.fetch.inc	3 Jul 2009 19:21:55 -0000	1.22
+++ modules/update/update.fetch.inc	30 Sep 2009 02:32:10 -0000
@@ -189,7 +189,12 @@ function _update_cron_notify() {
 function update_parse_xml($raw_xml_list) {
   $data = array();
   foreach ($raw_xml_list as $raw_xml) {
-    $xml = new SimpleXMLElement($raw_xml);
+    try {
+      $xml = new SimpleXMLElement($raw_xml);
+    }
+    catch (Exception $e) {
+      break;
+    }
     $short_name = (string)$xml->short_name;
     $data[$short_name] = array();
     foreach ($xml as $k => $v) {