* apt-pkg/pkgcachegen.cc:

[apt.git] / debian / apt.cron.daily

diff --git a/debian/apt.cron.daily b/debian/apt.cron.daily
index 6f6dc92a491b2ee8a5dd7e860b497b528f5639ff..5c00f22db11b9e5af618df3ef75e84c88ab190a5 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/apt.cron.daily
+++ b/debian/apt.cron.daily
@@ -327,12 +327,14 @@ check_power(){
 
 # ------------------------ main ----------------------------
 
-# Backup the 7 last versions of APT's extended_states file
-# shameless copy from dpkg cron
-if cd /var/backups ; then
-    if ! cmp -s apt.extended_states.0 /var/lib/apt/extended_states; then
-       cp -p /var/lib/apt/extended_states apt.extended_states
-       savelog -c 7 apt.extended_states >/dev/null
+if test -r /var/lib/apt/extended_states; then
+    # Backup the 7 last versions of APT's extended_states file
+    # shameless copy from dpkg cron
+    if cd /var/backups ; then
+       if ! cmp -s apt.extended_states.0 /var/lib/apt/extended_states; then
+           cp -p /var/lib/apt/extended_states apt.extended_states
+           savelog -c 7 apt.extended_states >/dev/null
+       fi
     fi
 fi