From c81b0c16528583f108d7e0b1e83eb8b952bcb173 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mahyar McDonald <mac@anysphere.co>
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2025 18:38:14 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] boop

---
 pre_cache_action.sh | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pre_cache_action.sh b/pre_cache_action.sh
index 8b5abfd..bc142ca 100755
--- a/pre_cache_action.sh
+++ b/pre_cache_action.sh
@@ -106,6 +106,12 @@ fi
 
 # Trim commas, excess spaces, and sort.
 log "Normalizing package list..."
+# Ensure apt database is updated before calling apt_query (which uses apt-cache)
+if [[ -z "$(find -H /var/lib/apt/lists -maxdepth 0 -mmin -5 2>/dev/null)" ]]; then
+  log "Updating APT package list for normalization..."
+  sudo apt-get update -qq > /dev/null 2>&1
+  log "done"
+fi
 packages="$(get_normalized_package_list "${combined_packages}")"
 log "normalized packages: '${packages}'"