- my @vsns = archive_query('archive_query');
- my @quirk = access_quirk();
- if ($quirk[0] eq 'backports') {
- local $isuite = $quirk[2];
- local $csuite;
- canonicalise_suite();
- push @vsns, archive_query('archive_query');
+ my @vsns;
+ unless (eval {
+ @vsns = archive_query('archive_query');
+ my @quirk = access_quirk();
+ if ($quirk[0] eq 'backports') {
+ local $isuite = $quirk[2];
+ local $csuite;
+ canonicalise_suite();
+ push @vsns, archive_query('archive_query');
+ }
+ 1;
+ }) {
+ print STDERR $@;
+ fail
+ "archive query failed (queried because --since-version not specified)";