python: work around libnotmuch calling exit(3) in Database.find_message_by_filename

Signed-off-by: Justus Winter <4winter@informatik.uni-hamburg.de>
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Justus Winter 2012-02-22 21:14:13 +01:00
parent 05cdb3d7b7
commit 1736488ecf

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@ -504,12 +504,6 @@ class Database(object):
def find_message_by_filename(self, filename):
"""Find a message with the given filename
.. warning::
This call needs a writeable database in
:attr:`Database.MODE`.READ_WRITE mode. The underlying library will
exit the program if this method is used on a read-only database!
:returns: If the database contains a message with the given
filename, then a class:`Message:` is returned. This
function returns None if no message is found with the given
@ -525,9 +519,19 @@ class Database(object):
retry.
:raises: :exc:`NotInitializedError` if the database was not
intitialized.
:raises: :exc:`ReadOnlyDatabaseError` if the database has not been
opened in read-write mode
*Added in notmuch 0.9*"""
self._assert_db_is_initialized()
# work around libnotmuch calling exit(3), see
# id:20120221002921.8534.57091@thinkbox.jade-hamburg.de
# TODO: remove once this issue is resolved
if self.mode != Database.MODE.READ_WRITE:
raise ReadOnlyDatabaseError('The database has to be opened in '
'read-write mode for get_directory')
msg_p = NotmuchMessageP()
status = Database._find_message_by_filename(self._db, _str(filename),
byref(msg_p))