Updating the repos with a broken package fails

[jelly]

Updating package cache...
  -> Querying alpm database...done
  -> Latest package: ruby-msgpack 1.2.10-1 Tue Apr 23 14:28:52 2019
  -> Updating database cache...Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/sqlalchemy/engine/base.py", line 1244, in _execute_context
    cursor, statement, parameters, context
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/sqlalchemy/engine/default.py", line 552, in do_execute
    cursor.execute(statement, parameters)
sqlite3.IntegrityError: NOT NULL constraint failed: package.arch
The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./trackerctl", line 5, in <module>
    cli.main()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/flask/cli.py", line 557, in main
    return super(FlaskGroup, self).main(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/click/core.py", line 717, in main
    rv = self.invoke(ctx)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1137, in invoke
    return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1137, in invoke
    return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/click/core.py", line 956, in invoke
    return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/click/core.py", line 555, in invoke
    return callback(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/click/decorators.py", line 17, in new_func
    return f(get_current_context(), *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/flask/cli.py", line 412, in decorator
    return __ctx.invoke(f, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/click/core.py", line 555, in invoke
    return callback(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/click/decorators.py", line 17, in new_func
    return f(get_current_context(), *args, **kwargs)
  File "/srv/http/security-tracker/tracker/cli/update.py", line 44, in env
    ctx.invoke(cache)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/click/core.py", line 555, in invoke
    return callback(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/click/decorators.py", line 17, in new_func
    return f(get_current_context(), *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/flask/cli.py", line 412, in decorator
    return __ctx.invoke(f, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/click/core.py", line 555, in invoke
    return callback(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/srv/http/security-tracker/tracker/cli/update.py", line 35, in cache
    update_package_cache()
  File "/srv/http/security-tracker/tracker/maintenance.py", line 94, in update_package_cache
    db.session.bulk_insert_mappings(Package, new_packages)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/sqlalchemy/orm/scoping.py", line 162, in do
    return getattr(self.registry(), name)(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/sqlalchemy/orm/session.py", line 2790, in bulk_insert_mappings
    render_nulls,
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/sqlalchemy/orm/session.py", line 2880, in _bulk_save_mappings
    transaction.rollback(_capture_exception=True)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/sqlalchemy/util/langhelpers.py", line 68, in __exit__
    compat.reraise(exc_type, exc_value, exc_tb)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/sqlalchemy/util/compat.py", line 129, in reraise
    raise value
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/sqlalchemy/orm/session.py", line 2874, in _bulk_save_mappings
    render_nulls,
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/sqlalchemy/orm/persistence.py", line 102, in _bulk_insert
    bookkeeping=return_defaults,
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/sqlalchemy/orm/persistence.py", line 1066, in _emit_insert_statements
    c = cached_connections[connection].execute(statement, multiparams)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/sqlalchemy/engine/base.py", line 988, in execute
    return meth(self, multiparams, params)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/sqlalchemy/sql/elements.py", line 287, in _execute_on_connection
    return connection._execute_clauseelement(self, multiparams, params)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/sqlalchemy/engine/base.py", line 1107, in _execute_clauseelement
    distilled_params,
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/sqlalchemy/engine/base.py", line 1248, in _execute_context
    e, statement, parameters, cursor, context
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/sqlalchemy/engine/base.py", line 1466, in _handle_dbapi_exception
    util.raise_from_cause(sqlalchemy_exception, exc_info)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/sqlalchemy/util/compat.py", line 383, in raise_from_cause
    reraise(type(exception), exception, tb=exc_tb, cause=cause)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/sqlalchemy/util/compat.py", line 128, in reraise
    raise value.with_traceback(tb)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/sqlalchemy/engine/base.py", line 1244, in _execute_context
    cursor, statement, parameters, context
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/sqlalchemy/engine/default.py", line 552, in do_execute
    cursor.execute(statement, parameters)
sqlalchemy.exc.IntegrityError: (sqlite3.IntegrityError) NOT NULL constraint failed: package.arch
[SQL: INSERT INTO package (name, base, version, "database", builddate) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)]
[parameters: ('metasploit', 'metasploit', '5.0.9-1', 'community', 0)]
(Background on this error at: http://sqlalche.me/e/gkpj)

[jelly]

Not reproducible with the archive package, but it was corrupted on our mirror somehow (desc was not readable).

https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/m/metasploit/metasploit-5.0.9-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz

Purpose of the ticket is a discussion if we want to keep hard failing or handle this more gracefully.

User report (not useful) https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/62443