--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2003/08/13 18:45:02	1.400
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2003/08/14 22:23:53	1.401
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.400 2003/08/13 18:45:02 www Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.401 2003/08/14 22:23:53 bowersj2 Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -3554,14 +3554,15 @@ 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'})) {