2 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 23ffc346..87fede6b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+- mdkapplet
+  o workarounding issue with downloading files as user
+
 Version 2.46 - 2 October 2008
 
 - mdkapplet
diff --git a/mdkapplet b/mdkapplet
index a276239d..02274a17 100755
--- a/mdkapplet
+++ b/mdkapplet
@@ -265,8 +265,10 @@ sub is_there_a_new_distributions() {
         my $urpm = Rpmdrake::open_db::fast_open_urpmi_db();
         if (member($product_id->{version}, qw(2007.1 2008.0 2008.1))) {
             require mdkapplet_urpm;
+            mdkapplet_urpm::ensure_valid_cachedir($urpm);
             mdkapplet_urpm::get_content($urpm, $list);
         } else {
+            urpm::ensure_valid_cachedir($urpm);
             urpm::download::get_content($urpm, $list);
         }
     };