+ /* we need to ignore errors here; if the lists are absent, just return 0 */
+ _error->PushToStack();
+
+ FileFd f = FileFd (IndexFile("Packages"), FileFd::ReadOnly, FileFd::Extension);
+ if (!f.Failed())
+ size = f.Size();
+
+ if (_error->PendingError() == true)
+ size = 0;
+ _error->RevertToStack();
+
+ return size;