This may be a "bug" rather than a feature request.
But it seems as though when NIPM encounters an error in fetching information from one feed, it aborts checking all feeds...
I can see the benefit of this (if a computer is offline, it would prevent experiencing a time-out for 50+ feeds), but in some cases it becomes VERY difficult to install new software from feeds.
For instance:
- Computer is loaded with NI software online.
- Computer is installed at customer site, or into IT network, and is removed from outside communications
- New LAN feed is registered for "custom" software
NIPM will not see any of the custom software because it errors out on the public feeds. Work arounds are:
- Download and explicitly install packages
- Unregister ALL internet feeds (a non-obvious process, particularly for the NIPM feeds), reregister local feeds, try again.
It would be nice if there was some option I could enable that says "ignore errors and proceed with feed update"... or something.
Fixed in NI Package Manager 21.3; refer to "1374463" in Package Manager 21.3 Bug Fixes.