--- /usr/bin/revdep-rebuild	2010-08-22 00:43:27.000000000 +0200
+++ revdep-rebuild	2011-04-24 20:28:20.689000031 +0200
@@ -549,9 +549,10 @@
 	local new_env
 	local old_env
 	local uid=$(python -c 'import os; import pwd; print pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid())[0]')
-	# Find a place to put temporary files
-	if [[ "$uid" == "root" ]]; then
-		local tmp_target="/var/cache/${APP_NAME}"
+	# Find a place to put temporary files 
+	local proposed_target="/var/cache/${APP_NAME}"
+	if [[ "$uid" == "root" ]] && [[ -d $proposed_target ]] ; then
+		local tmp_target=$proposed_target
 	else
 		local tmp_target="$(mktemp -d -t revdep-rebuild.XXXXXXXXXX)"
 	fi