From 66fd2cd5c33d1b9a26a8f3e8adef2e6ec1214868 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bhack <bhack@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 21:59:54 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Restore package_exists

---
 src/transformers/utils/import_utils.py | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/src/transformers/utils/import_utils.py b/src/transformers/utils/import_utils.py
index 027afc938a4..7fbfd950339 100644
--- a/src/transformers/utils/import_utils.py
+++ b/src/transformers/utils/import_utils.py
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ def _is_package_available(pkg_name: str, return_version: bool = False) -> Union[
         try:
             # Primary method to get the package version
             package_version = importlib.metadata.version(pkg_name)
+            package_exists = True
         except importlib.metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
             # Fallback method: Only for "torch" and versions containing "dev"
             if pkg_name == "torch":