import cran: Handle HTTP errors.

Fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/23479>.

* guix/import/cran.scm (fetch-description): Return #f in case of HTTP
errors.
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@ -23,8 +23,10 @@ (define-module (guix import cran)
#:use-module ((ice-9 rdelim) #:select (read-string))
#:use-module (srfi srfi-1)
#:use-module (srfi srfi-26)
#:use-module (srfi srfi-34)
#:use-module (srfi srfi-41)
#:use-module (ice-9 receive)
#:use-module (web uri)
#:use-module (guix combinators)
#:use-module (guix http-client)
#:use-module (guix hash)
@ -128,10 +130,18 @@ (define %bioconductor-svn-url
(define (fetch-description base-url name)
"Return an alist of the contents of the DESCRIPTION file for the R package
NAME, or #f on failure. NAME is case-sensitive."
NAME, or #f in case of failure. NAME is case-sensitive."
;; This API always returns the latest release of the module.
(let ((url (string-append base-url name "/DESCRIPTION")))
(description->alist (read-string (http-fetch url)))))
(guard (c ((http-get-error? c)
(format (current-error-port)
"error: failed to retrieve package information \
from ~s: ~a (~s)~%"
(uri->string (http-get-error-uri c))
(http-get-error-code c)
(http-get-error-reason c))
#f))
(description->alist (read-string (http-fetch url))))))
(define (listify meta field)
"Look up FIELD in the alist META. If FIELD contains a comma-separated