* update database up-to-date and/or empty checks

src/mu-query-xapian.cc

@@ -137,6 +137,11 @@ mu_query_xapian_new (const char* xpath)
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
+	if (mu_util_xapian_db_is_empty (xpath)) {
+		g_warning ("database %s is empty; nothing to do", xpath);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	
 	if (!mu_util_xapian_db_version_up_to_date (xpath)) {
 		g_warning ("%s is not up-to-date, needs a full update",
 			   xpath);

src/mu-util-xapian.cc

@@ -32,13 +32,12 @@ mu_util_xapian_db_version (const gchar *xpath)
 {
 	g_return_val_if_fail (xpath, NULL);
 
-	try {
 	if (!access(xpath, F_OK) == 0) {
-			g_warning ("cannot access %s: %s",
+		g_warning ("cannot access %s: %s", xpath, strerror(errno));
-				   xpath, strerror(errno));
 		return NULL;
 	}
 	
+	try {			
 		Xapian::Database db (xpath);
 		const std::string version
 			(db.get_metadata (MU_XAPIAN_VERSION_KEY));
@@ -74,6 +73,26 @@ mu_util_xapian_db_version_up_to_date (const gchar *xpath)
 }
 
 
+gboolean
+mu_util_xapian_db_is_empty (const gchar* xpath)
+{
+	g_return_val_if_fail (xpath, TRUE);
+	
+	/* it's 'empty' (non-existant) */
+	if (access(xpath, F_OK) != 0 && errno == ENOENT)
+		return TRUE;
+
+	try {
+		Xapian::Database db (xpath);
+		return db.get_doccount() == 0 ? TRUE : FALSE;
+			
+	} MU_XAPIAN_CATCH_BLOCK;
+	
+	return FALSE;
+}
+
+
+
 gboolean
 mu_util_xapian_clear_database (const gchar *xpath)
 {

src/mu-util-xapian.h

@@ -38,6 +38,16 @@ G_BEGIN_DECLS
 gchar* mu_util_xapian_db_version (const gchar *xpath) G_GNUC_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
 
 
+/** 
+ * check whether the database is empty (contains 0 documents); in
+ * addition, a non-existing database is considered 'empty' too
+ * 
+ * @param xpath path to the xapian database
+ * 
+ * @return TRUE if the database is empty, FALSE otherwise
+ */
+gboolean mu_util_xapian_db_is_empty (const gchar *xpath);
+
 /** 
  * check if the 'schema' of the current database is up-to-date
  *