GUI: when opening the index, discriminate errors on the main index from errors on external ones, to avoid starting the initial indexing dialog in the latter case

src/qtgui/main.cpp

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ void startManual(const string& helpindex)
 	mainWindow->startManual(helpindex);
 }
 
-bool maybeOpenDb(string &reason, bool force)
+bool maybeOpenDb(string &reason, bool force, bool *maindberror)
 {
     if (!rcldb) {
 	reason = "Internal error: db not created";
@@ -87,9 +87,13 @@ bool maybeOpenDb(string &reason, bool force)
 	LOGDEB(("main: adding [%s]\n", it->c_str()));
 	rcldb->addQueryDb(*it);
     }
-    if (!rcldb->isopen() && !rcldb->open(Rcl::Db::DbRO)) {
+    Rcl::Db::OpenError error;
+    if (!rcldb->isopen() && !rcldb->open(Rcl::Db::DbRO, &error)) {
 	reason = "Could not open database in " + 
 	    theconfig->getDbDir() + " wait for indexing to complete?";
+	if (maindberror) {
+	    *maindberror = (error == Rcl::Db::DbOpenMainDb) ? true : false;
+	}
 	return false;
     }
     rcldb->setAbstractParams(-1, prefs.syntAbsLen, prefs.syntAbsCtx);

src/qtgui/rclmain_w.cpp

@@ -345,25 +345,31 @@ void RclMain::initDbOpen()
     bool needindexconfig = false;
     bool nodb = false;
     string reason;
-    if (!maybeOpenDb(reason)) {
+    bool maindberror;
+    if (!maybeOpenDb(reason, true, &maindberror)) {
         nodb = true;
-	switch (QMessageBox::
-		question
-		(this, "Recoll",
-		 qApp->translate("Main", "Could not open database in ") +
-		 QString::fromLocal8Bit(theconfig->getDbDir().c_str()) +
-		 qApp->translate("Main", 
-			       ".\n"
-			       "Click Cancel if you want to edit the configuration file before indexing starts, or Ok to let it proceed."),
-		 "Ok", "Cancel", 0,   0)) {
+	if (maindberror) {
+	    switch (QMessageBox::
+		    question
+		    (this, "Recoll",
+		     qApp->translate("Main", "Could not open database in ") +
+		     QString::fromLocal8Bit(theconfig->getDbDir().c_str()) +
+		     qApp->translate("Main", 
+				     ".\n"
+				     "Click Cancel if you want to edit the configuration file before indexing starts, or Ok to let it proceed."),
+		     "Ok", "Cancel", 0,   0)) {
 
-	case 0: // Ok: indexing is going to start.
-	    start_indexing(true);
-	    break;
+	    case 0: // Ok: indexing is going to start.
+		start_indexing(true);
+		break;
 
-	case 1: // Cancel
-	    needindexconfig = true;
-	    break;
+	    case 1: // Cancel
+		needindexconfig = true;
+		break;
+	    }
+	} else {
+	    QMessageBox::warning(0, "Recoll", 
+				 tr("Could not open external index. Db not open. Check external indexes list."));
 	}
     }
 

src/qtgui/recoll.h

@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@
 // Misc declarations in need of sharing between the UI files
 
 // Open the database if needed. We now force a close/open by default
-extern bool maybeOpenDb(std::string &reason, bool force = true);
+extern bool maybeOpenDb(std::string &reason, bool force = true, 
+			bool *maindberror = 0);
 
 /** Retrieve configured stemming languages */
 bool getStemLangs(list<string>& langs);