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gh-140141: Properly break exception chain in importlib.metadata.Distribution.from_name #140142

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Merge branch 'main' into distribution-from-name-break-exc-chain
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion Lib/importlib/metadata/__init__.py
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Expand Up @@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ def from_name(cls, name: str) -> Distribution:
try:
return next(iter(cls._prefer_valid(cls.discover(name=name))))
except StopIteration:
raise PackageNotFoundError(name)
raise PackageNotFoundError(name) from None

@classmethod
def discover(
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