Syncing Photos to G4 Touch

I have 6000 photos that I have synced to my G4 Touch using iTunes. In the process it generated a 23gb folder of "iPod Photo Cache". Apple support article TS1324 talks about deleting this Cache folder to free up disc space, which is my goal. I have tried deleting the folder; however, if I add photos to iPhoto and want to load them to my iPod through iTunes, iPhoto wants to re-generate the whole "iPod Photo Cache" folder. Is there a way to add the new photos, using iTunes, without regenerating the entire Cache folder?
I would appreciate any advise.

Not that I know of. From the article the cache folder is created for the sole purpose of syncing.

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