requires: re-use vfs.tryread for simplicity
Avoids calling `set` twice or having to re-raise an exception and implements the routine with a single return expression.
#require serve
$ hg clone http://localhost:$HGPORT/ copy
abort: * (glob)
[100]
$ test -d copy
[1]
$ "$PYTHON" "$TESTDIR/dumbhttp.py" -p $HGPORT --pid dumb.pid
$ cat dumb.pid >> $DAEMON_PIDS
$ hg clone http://localhost:$HGPORT/foo copy2
abort: HTTP Error 404: * (glob)
[100]
$ killdaemons.py