dgit build: Better message when network is offline.

[dgit.git] / dgit

diff --git a/dgit b/dgit
index 2cf78ec7274e39d8c8fada21f8b0155c5be827e5..9084eaf237e7d38f32c1799ee4c58da3b5778b0d 100755 (executable)
--- a/dgit
+++ b/dgit
@@ -6018,13 +6018,21 @@ sub changesopts_initial () {
 
 sub changesopts_version () {
     if (!defined $changes_since_version) {
-       my @vsns = archive_query('archive_query');
-       my @quirk = access_quirk();
-       if ($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)";
        }
        if (@vsns) {
            @vsns = map { $_->[0] } @vsns;