1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.ui/src/org/eclipse/equinox/p2/ui/LoadMetadataRepositoryJob.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.ui/src/org/eclipse/equinox/p2/ui/LoadMetadataRepositoryJob.java
index bae1955af..4d21f9020 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.ui/src/org/eclipse/equinox/p2/ui/LoadMetadataRepositoryJob.java
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.ui/src/org/eclipse/equinox/p2/ui/LoadMetadataRepositoryJob.java
@@ -68,6 +68,15 @@ public class LoadMetadataRepositoryJob extends ProvisioningJob {
 	 */
 	public static final QualifiedName ACCUMULATE_LOAD_ERRORS = new QualifiedName(ProvUIActivator.PLUGIN_ID, "ACCUMULATE_LOAD_ERRORS"); //$NON-NLS-1$
 
+	/**
+	 * The key that should be used to set a property on a repository load job to indicate
+	 * that load errors should be suppressed.  This is useful if repositories
+	 * are being loaded in the background as part of a check for update.
+	 * 
+	 * @since 2.2
+	 */
+	public static final QualifiedName SUPPRESS_REPOSITORY_ERRORS = new QualifiedName(ProvUIActivator.PLUGIN_ID, "SUPPRESS_REPOSITORY_ERRORS"); //$NON-NLS-1$
+
 	private List<IMetadataRepository> repoCache = new ArrayList<IMetadataRepository>();
 	private RepositoryTracker tracker;
 	private MultiStatus accumulatedStatus;
@@ -125,6 +134,8 @@ public class LoadMetadataRepositoryJob extends ProvisioningJob {
 	}
 
 	private void handleLoadFailure(ProvisionException e, URI location) {
+		if (shouldSuppressErrors()) // If we should suppress errors, just skip this
+			return;
 		if (shouldAccumulateFailures()) {
 			// Some ProvisionExceptions include an empty multi status with a message.  
 			// Since empty multi statuses have a severity OK, The platform status handler doesn't handle
@@ -146,6 +157,10 @@ public class LoadMetadataRepositoryJob extends ProvisioningJob {
 		}
 	}
 
+	private boolean shouldSuppressErrors() {
+		return getProperty(LoadMetadataRepositoryJob.SUPPRESS_REPOSITORY_ERRORS) != null;
+	}
+
 	private boolean shouldAccumulateFailures() {
 		return getProperty(LoadMetadataRepositoryJob.ACCUMULATE_LOAD_ERRORS) != null;
 	}