[fix] do not check for installed 'importlib_metadata' and 'packaging'

Both meodules are imported in backports and needed for the check_modules
funktion. Missing modules are already printed during import of pywikibot.

Change-Id: I0c46b5be772812a169de25d329ffb37ee628bab2
---
M pywikibot/scripts/wrapper.py
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pywikibot/scripts/wrapper.py b/pywikibot/scripts/wrapper.py
index 3b24e25..730b201 100755
--- a/pywikibot/scripts/wrapper.py
+++ b/pywikibot/scripts/wrapper.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
    renamed to wrapper.py
 """
 #
-# (C) Pywikibot team, 2012-2023
+# (C) Pywikibot team, 2012-2024
 #
 # Distributed under the terms of the MIT license.
 #
@@ -241,6 +241,14 @@
         from setup import dependencies
 
     for dependency in dependencies:
+        if dependency.startswith(('importlib_metadata', 'packaging')):
+            # Ignore these dependencies because ImportError is raised in an
+            # early state when they are imported in backports. They are already
+            # used at this point. This is a workaound for toolforge where some
+            # modules are not installed as a site-package.
+            # TODO: Check imports from external source
+            continue
+
         requirement = Requirement(dependency)
         if requirement.marker is None or requirement.marker.evaluate():
             try:
@@ -304,7 +312,7 @@
         # we need to re-start the entire process. Ask the user to do so.
         print('Now, you have to re-execute the command to start your script.')
         sys.exit(1)
-except ImportError as e:  # raised in textlib
+except ImportError as e:  # raised in textlib or backports
     sys.exit(e)
 
 

