* python/progress.cc:

  - fix crash in RunSimpleCallback()
* apt/cache.py:
  - when the cache is run with a alternative rootdir, create
    required dirs/files automatically

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/python/progress.cc b/python/progress.cc
index 14948d3c..95cece3b 100644
--- a/python/progress.cc
+++ b/python/progress.cc
@@ -27,9 +27,12 @@ bool PyCallbackObj::RunSimpleCallback(const char* method_name,
 
    PyObject *method = PyObject_GetAttrString(callbackInst,(char*) method_name);
    if(method == NULL) {
-      // FIXME: make this silent
       //std::cerr << "Can't find '" << method_name << "' method" << std::endl;
       Py_XDECREF(arglist);
+      if (res) {
+	 Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+	 *res = Py_None;
+      }
       return false;
    }
    PyObject *result = PyEval_CallObject(method, arglist);