GNU bug report logs - #23479
CRAN importer: do not print backtrace when package name is invalid

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>

Date: Sun, 8 May 2016 16:45:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: CRAN importer: do not print backtrace when package name is invalid
Date: Sun, 08 May 2016 18:44:12 +0200

The CRAN importer (and possibly other importers) print ugly backtraces
when a package is to be imported that does not exist.  This can happen
when the user mistypes the name or when the package is available on
Bioconductor rather than CRAN.

To fix this we should catch 404 errors in the “fetch-description”
procedure in “guix/import/cran.scm”.

~~ Ricardo
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