From 8235e8e5815366ec9c1bb0abeeb5106906205217 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cpendery <35637443+cpendery@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2022 09:06:37 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: use generic instead of not generating purl (#1119)

---
 syft/pkg/url.go | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/syft/pkg/url.go b/syft/pkg/url.go
index 19fd1e9c8..35b8f9c06 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/url.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/url.go
@@ -41,9 +41,7 @@ func URL(p Package, release *linux.Release) string {
 
 	switch {
 	case purlType == "":
-		// there is no purl type, don't attempt to craft a purl
-		// TODO: should this be a "generic" purl type instead?
-		return ""
+		purlType = packageurl.TypeGeneric
 	case p.Type == GoModulePkg:
 		re := regexp.MustCompile(`(/)[^/]*$`)
 		fields := re.Split(p.Name, -1)