remove the caches in 'apt-get update', too, as they will be

invalid in most cases anyway

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/apt-pkg/cachefile.cc b/apt-pkg/cachefile.cc
index 964c5bd8b..a76cfc08e 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/cachefile.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/cachefile.cc
@@ -163,6 +163,20 @@ bool pkgCacheFile::Open(OpProgress *Progress, bool WithLock)
    return true;
 }
 									/*}}}*/
+// CacheFile::RemoveCaches - remove all cache files from disk		/*{{{*/
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+/* */
+void pkgCacheFile::RemoveCaches()
+{
+   std::string const pkgcache = _config->FindFile("Dir::cache::pkgcache");
+   std::string const srcpkgcache = _config->FindFile("Dir::cache::srcpkgcache");
+
+   if (pkgcache.empty() == false && RealFileExists(pkgcache) == true)
+      unlink(pkgcache.c_str());
+   if (srcpkgcache.empty() == false && RealFileExists(srcpkgcache) == true)
+      unlink(srcpkgcache.c_str());
+}
+									/*}}}*/
 // CacheFile::Close - close the cache files				/*{{{*/
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 /* */