--- germinate-2.23.orig/germinate/germinator.py
+++ germinate-2.23/germinate/germinator.py
@@ -822,8 +822,12 @@ class Germinator(object):
                     if posarch and self._arch not in posarch:
                         continue
 
-            pkg = pkg.split()[0]
-
+            #pkg = pkg.split()[0]
+            try:
+                pkg = pkg.split()[0]
+            except Exception as e:
+                print(str(e))
+                pass
             # a leading ! indicates a per-seed blacklist; never include this
             # package in the given seed or any of its inner seeds, no matter
             # what