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+From: Austin Clements <amdragon@MIT.EDU>\r
+To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org\r
+Subject: [PATCH 2/6] lib/cli: Make notmuch_database_create return a status\r
+ code\r
+Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2012 18:17:49 -0400\r
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+\r
+This is the notmuch_database_create equivalent of the previous change.\r
+\r
+In this case, there were places where errors were not being propagated\r
+correctly in notmuch_database_create or in calls to it. These have\r
+been fixed, using the new status value.\r
+---\r
+ lib/database.cc | 26 +++++++++++++++++++-------\r
+ lib/notmuch.h | 8 ++++----\r
+ notmuch-new.c | 3 ++-\r
+ 3 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)\r
+\r
+diff --git a/lib/database.cc b/lib/database.cc\r
+index a29fe67..a3ae504 100644\r
+--- a/lib/database.cc\r
++++ b/lib/database.cc\r
+@@ -520,9 +520,10 @@ parse_references (void *ctx,\r
+ }\r
+ }\r
+ \r
+-notmuch_database_t *\r
+-notmuch_database_create (const char *path)\r
++notmuch_status_t\r
++notmuch_database_create (const char *path, notmuch_database_t **database)\r
+ {\r
++ notmuch_status_t status = NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS;\r
+ notmuch_database_t *notmuch = NULL;\r
+ char *notmuch_path = NULL;\r
+ struct stat st;\r
+@@ -530,6 +531,7 @@ notmuch_database_create (const char *path)\r
+ \r
+ if (path == NULL) {\r
+ fprintf (stderr, "Error: Cannot create a database for a NULL path.\n");\r
++ status = NOTMUCH_STATUS_NULL_POINTER;\r
+ goto DONE;\r
+ }\r
+ \r
+@@ -537,12 +539,14 @@ notmuch_database_create (const char *path)\r
+ if (err) {\r
+ fprintf (stderr, "Error: Cannot create database at %s: %s.\n",\r
+ path, strerror (errno));\r
++ status = NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_ERROR;\r
+ goto DONE;\r
+ }\r
+ \r
+ if (! S_ISDIR (st.st_mode)) {\r
+ fprintf (stderr, "Error: Cannot create database at %s: Not a directory.\n",\r
+ path);\r
++ status = NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_ERROR;\r
+ goto DONE;\r
+ }\r
+ \r
+@@ -553,19 +557,27 @@ notmuch_database_create (const char *path)\r
+ if (err) {\r
+ fprintf (stderr, "Error: Cannot create directory %s: %s.\n",\r
+ notmuch_path, strerror (errno));\r
++ status = NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_ERROR;\r
+ goto DONE;\r
+ }\r
+ \r
+- notmuch_database_open (path,\r
+- NOTMUCH_DATABASE_MODE_READ_WRITE,\r
+- ¬much);\r
+- notmuch_database_upgrade (notmuch, NULL, NULL);\r
++ status = notmuch_database_open (path,\r
++ NOTMUCH_DATABASE_MODE_READ_WRITE,\r
++ ¬much);\r
++ if (status)\r
++ goto DONE;\r
++ status = notmuch_database_upgrade (notmuch, NULL, NULL);\r
++ if (status) {\r
++ notmuch_database_close(notmuch);\r
++ notmuch = NULL;\r
++ }\r
+ \r
+ DONE:\r
+ if (notmuch_path)\r
+ talloc_free (notmuch_path);\r
+ \r
+- return notmuch;\r
++ *database = notmuch;\r
++ return status;\r
+ }\r
+ \r
+ notmuch_status_t\r
+diff --git a/lib/notmuch.h b/lib/notmuch.h\r
+index 8a011f2..d880aeb 100644\r
+--- a/lib/notmuch.h\r
++++ b/lib/notmuch.h\r
+@@ -140,11 +140,11 @@ typedef struct _notmuch_filenames notmuch_filenames_t;\r
+ * contained within 'path' can be added to the database by calling\r
+ * notmuch_database_add_message.\r
+ *\r
+- * In case of any failure, this function returns NULL, (after printing\r
+- * an error message on stderr).\r
++ * In case of any failure, this function returns an error status and\r
++ * sets *database to NULL (after printing an error message on stderr).\r
+ */\r
+-notmuch_database_t *\r
+-notmuch_database_create (const char *path);\r
++notmuch_status_t\r
++notmuch_database_create (const char *path, notmuch_database_t **database);\r
+ \r
+ typedef enum {\r
+ NOTMUCH_DATABASE_MODE_READ_ONLY = 0,\r
+diff --git a/notmuch-new.c b/notmuch-new.c\r
+index 7788743..cb720cc 100644\r
+--- a/notmuch-new.c\r
++++ b/notmuch-new.c\r
+@@ -900,7 +900,8 @@ notmuch_new_command (void *ctx, int argc, char *argv[])\r
+ return 1;\r
+ \r
+ printf ("Found %d total files (that's not much mail).\n", count);\r
+- notmuch = notmuch_database_create (db_path);\r
++ if (notmuch_database_create (db_path, ¬much))\r
++ return 1;\r
+ add_files_state.total_files = count;\r
+ } else {\r
+ if (notmuch_database_open (db_path, NOTMUCH_DATABASE_MODE_READ_WRITE,\r
+-- \r
+1.7.9.1\r
+\r