diff -urN portage-2.0.51_pre20-orig/pym/portage.py portage-2.0.51_pre20/pym/portage.py
--- portage-2.0.51_pre20-orig/pym/portage.py	2004-08-16 20:15:02.000000000 -0500
+++ portage-2.0.51_pre20/pym/portage.py	2004-08-27 17:18:51.466144680 -0500
@@ -5258,6 +5258,11 @@
 
 		#finally, we look at our internal cache entry and return the requested data.
 		mydata   = self.auxdb[mylocation][cat][pkg]
+		
+		# delete the new cache entry, to point out how *stupid* it is to run with out a cache.
+		del self.auxdb[mylocation][cat][pkg]
+		self.auxdb[mylocation][cat].flushCache()
+		
 		returnme = []
 		for x in mylist:
 			if mydata.has_key(x):