--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2003/08/06 17:00:30	1.398
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2003/08/17 18:57:53	1.398.2.1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.398 2003/08/06 17:00:30 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.398.2.1 2003/08/17 18:57:53 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -3507,14 +3507,15 @@ sub metadata {
         if ($liburi) {
 	    $liburi=&declutter($liburi);
             $filename=$liburi;
-        }
+        } else {
+	    delete($metacache{$uri.':packages'});
+	}
         my %metathesekeys=();
         unless ($filename=~/\.meta$/) { $filename.='.meta'; }
 	my $metastring=&getfile(&filelocation('',&clutter($filename)));
         my $parser=HTML::LCParser->new(\$metastring);
         my $token;
         undef %metathesekeys;
-	delete($metacache{$uri.':packages'});
         while ($token=$parser->get_token) {
 	    if ($token->[0] eq 'S') {
 		if (defined($token->[2]->{'package'})) {