view: allow thread generation to EOF on errors

We want to ensure the actual message gets shown, and less
important info does not destroy things.

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm
index 8d2e5424..2b6061ae 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm
@@ -33,8 +33,13 @@ sub msg_html {
                         $tip . multipart_text_as_html($mime, '') .
                                 '</pre><hr />'
                 } elsif ($nr == 2) {
-                        '<pre>' . html_footer($hdr, 1, $ctx) .
-                        '</pre>' . msg_reply($ctx, $hdr);
+                        # fake an EOF if generating the footer fails;
+                        # we want to at least show the message if something
+                        # here crashes:
+                        eval {
+                                '<pre>' . html_footer($hdr, 1, $ctx) .
+                                '</pre>' . msg_reply($ctx, $hdr)
+                        };
                 } else {
                         undef
                 }