X-Git-Url: https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=emacs%2Fnotmuch-hello.el;h=9db8c9931a8fee0a25e105d00d5345def45ec47f;hb=9d2ac59a80ce6ed717d3708983a00255f39626de;hp=147c08cc2079c41c5bdc72da2366db8af65f3041;hpb=10aac899117e96606b690e5788924ccc703c53c8;p=notmuch

diff --git a/emacs/notmuch-hello.el b/emacs/notmuch-hello.el
index 147c08cc..9db8c993 100644
--- 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