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diff --git a/apt-pkg/pkgcachegen.cc b/apt-pkg/pkgcachegen.cc
index 5047561..981d360 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/pkgcachegen.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/pkgcachegen.cc
@@ -1637,6 +1637,10 @@ static DynamicMMap* CreateDynamicMMap(FileFd * const CacheF, unsigned long Flags
static bool writeBackMMapToFile(pkgCacheGenerator * const Gen, DynamicMMap * const Map,
std::string const &FileName)
{
+ // Do not write the file back to /dev/null or try to change its mode...
+ if (FileName == "/dev/null")
+ return true;
+
FileFd SCacheF(FileName, FileFd::WriteAtomic);
if (SCacheF.IsOpen() == false || SCacheF.Failed())
return false;