luarocks.patch

diff --git a/src/luarocks/manif.lua b/src/luarocks/manif.lua
index 34ae02da5..79a427819 100644
--- a/src/luarocks/manif.lua
+++ b/src/luarocks/manif.lua
@@ -444,11 +444,10 @@ function manif.add_to_manifest(name, version, repo, deps_mode)

    local manifest, err = manif_core.load_local_manifest(rocks_dir)
    if not manifest then
-      util.printerr("No existing manifest. Attempting to rebuild...")
-      -- Manifest built by `manif.make_manifest` should already
-      -- include information about given name and version,
-      -- no need to update it.
-      return manif.make_manifest(rocks_dir, deps_mode)
+      util.printerr("No existing manifest. Creating an empty one...")
+      -- Create an empty manifest.
+      manifest, err = { repository = {}, modules = {}, commands = {} }, nil
+      manif_core.cache_manifest(rocks_dir, nil, manifest)
    end

    local results = {[name] = {[version] = {{arch = "installed", repo = rocks_dir}}}}