1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/packages/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/populate-volatile.sh b/meta/packages/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/populate-volatile.sh
index 8742dbfc6b..1813fd1240 100755
--- a/meta/packages/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/populate-volatile.sh
+++ b/meta/packages/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/populate-volatile.sh
@@ -168,7 +168,20 @@ apply_cfgfile() {
 
   }
 
-if test -e /etc/volatile.cache -a "$VOLATILE_ENABLE_CACHE" = "yes" -a "x$1" != "xupdate"
+clearcache=0
+exec 9</proc/cmdline
+while read line <&9
+do
+        case "$line" in
+                *clearcache*)  clearcache=1
+                               ;;
+                *)             continue
+                               ;;
+        esac
+done
+exec 9>&-
+
+if test -e /etc/volatile.cache -a "$VOLATILE_ENABLE_CACHE" = "yes" -a "x$1" != "xupdate" -a "x$clearcache" = "x0"
 then
         sh /etc/volatile.cache
 else