apt_repository: fix update cache after state=changed. Closes GH-4136

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/library/packaging/apt_repository b/library/packaging/apt_repository
index a61a93b586..5ec6bd4902 100644
--- a/library/packaging/apt_repository
+++ b/library/packaging/apt_repository
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ import re
 import tempfile
 
 try:
+    import apt
     import apt_pkg
     import aptsources.distro
     distro = aptsources.distro.get_distro()
@@ -365,6 +366,8 @@ def main():
     if not module.check_mode and changed:
         try:
             sourceslist.save(module)
+            cache = apt.Cache()
+            cache.update()
         except OSError as err:
             module.fail_json(msg=unicode(err))