Improve RepositoryHelper.getSharedBundlePools() to avoid exceptions

Just log an exception and return an empty list in the unlikely event of
failure.

eclipse-equinox#373

bundles/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.repository/src/org/eclipse/equinox/internal/p2/repository/helpers/RepositoryHelper.java

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 package org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.repository.helpers;
 
 import java.io.File;
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.*;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
@@ -149,15 +148,16 @@ public static <T> IRepository<T> createMemoryComposite(IProvisioningAgent agent,
 	 * the Eclipse Installer.
 	 *
 	 * @return an unmodifiable list of global shared bundle pools.
-	 *
-	 * @throws IOException if there are problems loading the pool information.
 	 */
 	@SuppressWarnings("nls")
-	public static List<Path> getSharedBundlePools() throws IOException {
+	public static List<Path> getSharedBundlePools() {
 			Path bundlePools = Path.of(System.getProperty("user.home"), ".p2/pools.info");
 			if (Files.isRegularFile(bundlePools)) {
 				try (Stream<String> lines = Files.lines(bundlePools, getSharedBundlePoolEncoding())) {
 					return lines.map(Path::of).filter(Files::isDirectory).toList();
+				} catch (Exception ex) {
+					LogHelper.log(
+							new Status(IStatus.WARNING, Activator.ID, "The bundle pool load failed: " + bundlePools, ex));
 				}
 			}
 			return List.of();