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-rw-r--r--apt-pkg/depcache.cc9
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/apt-pkg/depcache.cc b/apt-pkg/depcache.cc
index 7663d3881..25a4372bf 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/depcache.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/depcache.cc
@@ -186,6 +186,15 @@ bool pkgDepCache::writeStateFile(OpProgress *prog)
FileFd StateFile;
string state = _config->FindDir("Dir::State") + "extended_states";
+
+ // if it does not exist, create a empty one
+ if(!FileExists(state))
+ {
+ StateFile.Open(state, FileFd::WriteEmpty);
+ StateFile.Close();
+ }
+
+ // open it
if(!StateFile.Open(state, FileFd::ReadOnly))
return _error->Error(_("Failed to open StateFile %s"),
state.c_str());