emacs: hello: make --batch error gracefully

[obsolete/notmuch-old] / emacs / notmuch-hello.el

diff --git a/emacs/notmuch-hello.el b/emacs/notmuch-hello.el
index 147c08cc2079c41c5bdc72da2366db8af65f3041..9db8c9931a8fee0a25e105d00d5345def45ec47f 100644 (file)
--- a/emacs/notmuch-hello.el
+++ b/emacs/notmuch-hello.el
@@ -402,8 +402,13 @@ options will be handled as specified for
                                           (plist-get options :filter)))
         "\n")))
 
-    (call-process-region (point-min) (point-max) notmuch-command
-                        t t nil "count" "--batch")
+    (unless (= (call-process-region (point-min) (point-max) notmuch-command
+                                   t t nil "count" "--batch") 0)
+      (notmuch-logged-error "notmuch count --batch failed"
+                           "Please check that the notmuch CLI is new enough to support `count
+--batch'. In general we recommend running matching versions of
+the CLI and emacs interface."))
+
     (goto-char (point-min))
 
     (notmuch-remove-if-not