X-Git-Url: https://git.cworth.org/git?p=notmuch;a=blobdiff_plain;f=notmuch.c;h=ac25ae189b78d049d65b70afc09e3dee031f4312;hp=68a785e25bf0b826a17071bc8162edefe30fb87b;hb=HEAD;hpb=82957c963296bb9d2147ce5374b940463facd9ec

diff --git a/notmuch.c b/notmuch.c
index 68a785e2..814b9e42 100644
--- a/notmuch.c
+++ b/notmuch.c
@@ -429,11 +429,18 @@ notmuch_command (notmuch_database_t *notmuch,
  * false on errors.
  */
 static bool
-try_external_command (char *argv[])
+try_external_command (const char *config_file_name, char *argv[])
 {
     char *old_argv0 = argv[0];
     bool ret = true;
 
+    if (config_file_name) {
+	if (setenv ("NOTMUCH_CONFIG", config_file_name, 1)) {
+	    perror ("setenv");
+	    exit (1);
+	}
+    }
+
     argv[0] = talloc_asprintf (NULL, "notmuch-%s", old_argv0);
 
     /*
@@ -493,7 +500,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
     /* if command->function is NULL, try external command */
     if (! command || ! command->function) {
 	/* This won't return if the external command is found. */
-	if (try_external_command (argv + opt_index))
+	if (try_external_command (config_file_name, argv + opt_index))
 	    fprintf (stderr, "Error: Unknown command '%s' (see \"notmuch help\")\n",
 		     command_name);
 	ret = EXIT_FAILURE;
@@ -524,7 +531,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 		}
 
 		if (status == NOTMUCH_STATUS_NO_CONFIG)
-		    fputs ("Try running 'notmuch setup' to create a configuration.", stderr);
+		    fputs ("Try running 'notmuch setup' to create a configuration.\n", stderr);
 
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	    }
@@ -556,15 +563,16 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 					       NULL,
 					       &notmuch,
 					       &status_string);
-
-	if (status == NOTMUCH_STATUS_NO_CONFIG && ! (command->mode & NOTMUCH_COMMAND_CONFIG_CREATE)) {
-	    fputs ("Try running 'notmuch setup' to create a configuration.", stderr);
-	    goto DONE;
+	if (status_string) {
+	    fputs (status_string, stderr);
+	    free (status_string);
+	    status_string = NULL;
 	}
+
 	switch (status) {
 	case NOTMUCH_STATUS_NO_CONFIG:
 	    if (! (command->mode & NOTMUCH_COMMAND_CONFIG_CREATE)) {
-		fputs ("Try running 'notmuch setup' to create a configuration.", stderr);
+		fputs ("Try running 'notmuch setup' to create a configuration.\n", stderr);
 		goto DONE;
 	    }
 	    break;
@@ -582,6 +590,8 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 	case NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS:
 	    break;
 	default:
+	    fputs ("Error: unable to load config file.\n", stderr);
+	    ret = 1;
 	    goto DONE;
 	}