From b73dbb1a352f06092d8d0a869363eb8ddc0922e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ncoop <nate.cooper.90@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2016 20:53:12 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Return early if the check threw an error.

---
 i3pystatus/updates/dnf.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/i3pystatus/updates/dnf.py b/i3pystatus/updates/dnf.py
index 360d764..31125a4 100644
--- a/i3pystatus/updates/dnf.py
+++ b/i3pystatus/updates/dnf.py
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@ class Dnf(Backend):
     def updates(self):
         command = ["dnf", "check-update"]
         dnf = run_through_shell(command)
-        raw = dnf.out
+        if dnf.err:
+            return "?", dnf.err
 
+        raw = dnf.out
         update_count = 0
         if dnf.rc == 100:
             lines = raw.splitlines()[2:]