Return-Path: X-Original-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org Delivered-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD2D66DE0943 for ; Mon, 23 Nov 2015 05:02:48 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at cworth.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -0.313 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.313 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.238, RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.55, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=disabled Received: from arlo.cworth.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (arlo.cworth.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 0-y9Y66XEHSB for ; Mon, 23 Nov 2015 05:02:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from fethera.tethera.net (fethera.tethera.net [198.245.60.197]) by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7BE076DE0FFA for ; Mon, 23 Nov 2015 05:02:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from remotemail by fethera.tethera.net with local (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1a0qaG-0000UG-2x; Mon, 23 Nov 2015 07:51:04 -0500 Received: (nullmailer pid 6623 invoked by uid 1000); Mon, 23 Nov 2015 12:51:03 -0000 From: David Bremner To: Mark Walters , notmuch@notmuchmail.org, ketil@malde.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] emacs: poll: return useful errors when poll fails. In-Reply-To: <1446056919-27822-1-git-send-email-markwalters1009@gmail.com> References: <87bnd5qjnd.fsf@wespe.malde.org> <1446056919-27822-1-git-send-email-markwalters1009@gmail.com> User-Agent: Notmuch/0.21+7~g55fb7da (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/24.5.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 08:51:03 -0400 Message-ID: <87r3jg516w.fsf@zancas.localnet> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 13:02:49 -0000 Mark Walters writes: > Previously poll called from emacs would fail silently. This makes it > return a useful error message. > > In the non-deprecated case of notmuch new and appropriate hooks, it > uses notmuch-call-notmuch-process which gives an error and > additionally puts the stdout/stderr etc in the *Notmuch errors* > buffer. > > In the deprecated case of a custom poll script it only returns an > error message. > > Commit based on a bug report, and a potential fix, by Ketil Malde. applied to release and master d