X-Git-Url: https://git.arvados.org/arvados.git/blobdiff_plain/e98135d49ac0b42a5f8c134602d9df052b864dde..72f08637e415ba7b08295d9f1f330894223171fb:/sdk/python/setup.py

diff --git a/sdk/python/setup.py b/sdk/python/setup.py
index 6e283ed59c..5b06aca48a 100644
--- a/sdk/python/setup.py
+++ b/sdk/python/setup.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ README = os.path.join(SETUP_DIR, 'README.rst')
 tagger = egg_info_cmd.egg_info
 version = os.environ.get("ARVADOS_BUILDING_VERSION")
 if not version:
+    version = "0"
     try:
         import gittaggers
         tagger = gittaggers.EggInfoFromGit
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ if not version:
         vtag = arvados_version.VersionInfoFromGit()
         version = vtag.git_latest_tag()
     except ImportError:
-        pass
+        raise
 
 short_tests_only = False
 if '--short-tests-only' in sys.argv: