bug#52350: pypi import: ungraceful exit when recursively importing unknown package

[zimoun]

Hi Ricardo,

On mar., 07 déc. 2021 at 11:26, Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> wrote:

> ./pre-inst-env guix import pypi -r pytestrerunfailures

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
$ guix import pypi pytestrerunfailures
following redirection to `https://pypi.org/pypi/pytestrerunfailures/json/'...
guix import: error: failed to download meta-data for package 
'pytestrerunfailures'

$ guix import pypi pytestrerunfailures -r
following redirection to `https://pypi.org/pypi/pytestrerunfailures/json/'...
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Fixed by f7bb161445903c51d299307610403cb3de0fcc56, at least the ugly
backtrace.  However, it is still unsatisfactory since the error is not
correctly handled.

I propose to close because the exit is now graceful -- at least less
ungraceful. :-)


Cheers,
simon