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[apt.git] / apt-pkg / clean.cc

diff --git a/apt-pkg/clean.cc b/apt-pkg/clean.cc
index 8e6bd625529f9cdfff91a55f01570c8a0257eebe..fe57c26a2287da6015394321a857242b753e27c6 100644 (file)
--- a/apt-pkg/clean.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/clean.cc
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ bool pkgArchiveCleaner::Go(std::string Dir,pkgCache &Cache)
    if(Dir == "/")
       return _error->Error(_("Clean of %s is not supported"), Dir.c_str());
 
+   // non-existing directories are always clean
+   // we do not check for a directory explicitly to support symlinks
+   if (FileExists(Dir) == false)
+      return true;
+
    DIR *D = opendir(Dir.c_str());
    if (D == 0)
       return _error->Errno("opendir",_("Unable to read %s"),Dir.c_str());