diff -r 3980d1d9148e -r 25407a621c95 src/main.c
--- a/src/main.c	Mon Jun 23 17:31:32 2008 -0400
+++ b/src/main.c	Wed Jun 25 11:00:25 2008 -0400
@@ -85,9 +85,13 @@
 	uint32_t flags;
 
 	set = razor_set_open(repo_filename);
-	if (package_name)
+	if (package_name) {
 		package = razor_set_get_package(set, package_name);
-	else
+		if (!package) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "no package named \"%s\"\n", package_name);
+			return 1;
+		}
+	} else
 		package = NULL;
 
 	pi = razor_property_iterator_create(set, package);