RemoteCatalog refresh throws now

tools/catalog-remote.js

@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ _.extend(RemoteCatalog.prototype, {
 
     buildmessage.assertInCapture();
     if (self.offline)
-      return;
+      return false;
 
     if (options.maxAge) {
       var lastSync = self.getMetadata(METADATA_LAST_SYNC);
@@ -751,29 +751,21 @@ _.extend(RemoteCatalog.prototype, {
       if (lastSync && lastSync.timestamp) {
         if ((Date.now() - lastSync.timestamp) < options.maxAge) {
           Console.debug("Catalog is sufficiently up-to-date; not refreshing\n");
-          return;
+          return false;
         }
       }
     }
 
     var updateResult = {};
-    var connectionFailed = false;
-    try {
-      buildmessage.enterJob({ title: 'Refreshing package metadata.' }, function () {
-        updateResult = packageClient.updateServerPackageData(self);
-      });
-    } catch (err) {
-      packageClient.handlePackageServerConnectionError(err);
-      connectionFailed = true;
-    }
+    buildmessage.enterJob({ title: 'Refreshing package metadata.' }, function () {
+      updateResult = packageClient.updateServerPackageData(self);
+    });
 
-    if (connectionFailed) {
-      Console.warn("Warning: could not connect to package server\n");
-    }
     if (updateResult.resetData) {
       tropohouse.default.wipeAllPackages();
     }
 
+    return true;
   },
 
   // Given a release track, return all recommended versions for this track, sorted

tools/package-client.js

@@ -96,11 +96,9 @@ var loadRemotePackageData = function (conn, syncToken, _optionsForTest) {
 //  - useShortPages: Boolean. Request short pages of ~3 records from the
 //    server, instead of ~100 that it would send otherwise
 exports.updateServerPackageData = function (dataStore, options) {
-  var results;
-  buildmessage.capture({ title: 'Updating package catalog' }, function () {
-    results = _updateServerPackageData(dataStore, options);
+  return buildmessage.enterJob({ title: 'Updating package catalog' }, function () {
+    return _updateServerPackageData(dataStore, options);
   });
-  return results;
 };
 
 
@@ -139,20 +137,10 @@ _updateServerPackageData = function (dataStore, options) {
       (syncToken.versions - start.versions);
     buildmessage.reportProgress(state);
 
-    var remoteData;
-    try {
-      remoteData = loadRemotePackageData(conn, syncToken, {
-        useShortPages: options.useShortPages
-      });
-    } catch (err) {
-      exports.handlePackageServerConnectionError(err);
-      if (err.errorType === "DDP.ConnectionError") {
-        done = true;
-        return;
-      } else {
-        throw err;
-      }
-    }
+    // (loadRemotePackageData may throw)
+    var remoteData = loadRemotePackageData(conn, syncToken, {
+      useShortPages: options.useShortPages
+    });
 
     // Is the remote server telling us to ignore everything we've heard before?
     // OK, we can do that.