Don't crash on 'check' when METADATA is missing

pypa · Sep 27, 2020 · 426b949 · 426b949
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diff --git a/news/8676.feature b/news/8676.feature
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+Improve error message friendiliness when an environment has packages with
+corrupted metadata.
diff --git a/src/pip/_internal/operations/check.py b/src/pip/_internal/operations/check.py
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ def create_package_set_from_installed(**kwargs):
         name = canonicalize_name(dist.project_name)
         try:
             package_set[name] = PackageDetails(dist.version, dist.requires())
-        except RequirementParseError as e:
-            # Don't crash on broken metadata
+        except (OSError, RequirementParseError) as e:
+            # Don't crash on unreadable or broken metadata
             logger.warning("Error parsing requirements for %s: %s", name, e)
             problems = True
     return package_set, problems