X-Git-Url: https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?p=notmuch;a=blobdiff_plain;f=lib%2Fdatabase.cc;h=8f8df1a1434ed604ca2fe1a7bdf5f87b7084a28d;hp=5efa85eb162ab47085f4105ebd5b0a0a86f84ddd;hb=cfc5f1059aa16753cba610c41601cacc97260e08;hpb=e2e95caa51f8c1ea57b4fc7d3926fda1fb1aed10

diff --git a/lib/database.cc b/lib/database.cc
index 5efa85eb..8f8df1a1 100644
--- a/lib/database.cc
+++ b/lib/database.cc
@@ -726,6 +726,17 @@ notmuch_database_close (notmuch_database_t *notmuch)
 	}
     }
 
+    /* Many Xapian objects (and thus notmuch objects) hold references to
+     * the database, so merely deleting the database may not suffice to
+     * close it.  Thus, we explicitly close it here. */
+    if (notmuch->xapian_db != NULL) {
+	try {
+	    notmuch->xapian_db->close();
+	} catch (const Xapian::Error &error) {
+	    /* do nothing */
+	}
+    }
+
     delete notmuch->term_gen;
     delete notmuch->query_parser;
     delete notmuch->xapian_db;