Made apt-cache regenerate its cache in memory

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

diff --git a/apt-pkg/pkgcachegen.cc b/apt-pkg/pkgcachegen.cc
index 1e31ff3003cab9fa1d033be8b6c3c8bd975b28b2..fd4f8965b4775ae603e79081cf9a57b0a12315f4 100644 (file)
--- a/apt-pkg/pkgcachegen.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/pkgcachegen.cc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // -*- mode: cpp; mode: fold -*-
 // Description                                                         /*{{{*/
-// $Id: pkgcachegen.cc,v 1.36 1999/04/18 07:25:32 jgg Exp $
+// $Id: pkgcachegen.cc,v 1.37 1999/04/19 02:35:38 jgg Exp $
 /* ######################################################################
    
    Package Cache Generator - Generator for the cache structure.
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <errno.h>
                                                                        /*}}}*/
 
 // CacheGenerator::pkgCacheGenerator - Constructor                     /*{{{*/
@@ -761,7 +762,9 @@ MMap *pkgMakeStatusCacheMem(pkgSourceList &List,OpProgress &Progress)
    /* If the cache file is writeable this is just a wrapper for
       MakeStatusCache */
    string CacheFile = _config->FindFile("Dir::Cache::pkgcache");
-   bool Writeable = access(CacheFile.c_str(),W_OK) == 0;
+   bool Writeable = (access(CacheFile.c_str(),W_OK) == 0) ||
+                    (errno == ENOENT);
+
    if (Writeable == true)
    {
       if (pkgMakeStatusCache(List,Progress) == false)