ekg-upgrade-db: Searching for program: No such file or directory, sqlite3
sg-qwt opened this issue · comments
Hi,
I installed fresh ekg from melpa.
I tried both melpa stable (0.4.2) and melpa (20231111.513).
On startup calling egk-capture: it reports ekg-upgrade-db: Searching for program: No such file or directory, sqlite3
Then if I tried to save any of the new capture buffer, it says:
apply: Database error: "disk I/O error"
Database error: "disk I/O error"
Note I'm using emacs29.1 with sqlite builtin:
value of triples-sqlite-interface is builtin, (sqlite-available-p) is t
The same emacs works fine with org-roam with the builtin sqlite.
I'm not sure how to proceed with the debug any further, any help would appreciate.
Thanks!
Also I'm able to sqlite-mode-open-file on ~/.config/emacs/triples.db
Here's how the data look like under sqlite-mode:
Table Name Number of Rows
triples 44
rowid subject predicate object properties
46 inline/pos base/unique t ()
47 inline/pos base/type integer ()
49 inline/type base/unique t ()
50 inline/type base/type symbol ()
52 inline/for-text base/unique t ()
53 tag base/type schema ()
54 tag schema/property tagged ()
55 tag/tagged base/virtual-reversed tagged/tag ()
56 named base/type schema ()
57 named schema/property name ()
58 email base/type schema ()
59 email schema/property address ()
60 person base/type schema ()
61 titled base/type schema ()
62 titled schema/property title ()
63 titled/title base/type string ()
64 ekg base/type schema ()
65 ekg schema/property version ()
66 ekg/version base/type cons ()
67 ekg/version base/unique t ()
68 tagged base/type schema ()
69 tagged schema/property tag ()
70 tagged/tag base/type string ()
71 text base/type schema ()
72 text schema/property text ()
73 text/text base/unique t ()
74 text/text base/type string ()
75 text schema/property mode ()
76 text/mode base/unique t ()
77 text/mode base/type symbol ()
78 text schema/property inlines ()
79 text/inlines base/virtual-reversed inline/for-text ()
80 time-tracked base/type schema ()
81 time-tracked schema/property creation-time ()
82 time-tracked/creation-time base/unique t ()
83 time-tracked/creation-time base/type integer ()
84 time-tracked schema/property modified-time ()
85 time-tracked/modified-time base/unique t ()
86 time-tracked/modified-time base/type integer ()
87 inline base/type schema ()
88 inline schema/property command ()
89 inline/command base/unique t ()
90 inline/command base/type symbol ()
91 inline schema/property args ()
Thank you for the bug report! I think what is happening is that when the upgrade routine is called, it performs a backup. There is no built-in sqlite backup in emacs. I've attempted to add one, but the maintainers disagreed that it was needed. Because we can't back up via emacs, we have to call out to the sqlite3 executable directly, which you either do not have or is not in your path. If it's the latter, you can set triples-sqlite-executable (which I probably should make into a customized variable).
I can make backup optional, but I'm not sure if that's a good idea. I'm a bit afraid of people losing their work if they start using it without backups.
I didn't realize external sqlite3 is required with emacs29, thanks for the clarification. Too bad the maintainers won't accept the patch, the backup is core function for emacs application based on sqlite.
I've added sqlite3 to my path and everything works fine as expected, I'll take that as workaround for now. I don't think make backup optional is good idea also.
Thanks for the help.
Good to hear, thanks! I won't close this out yet, since at the very least we can make a more useful error message.
I may also see if it makes sense to revive that thread and get this into emacs.
The latest commit should provide a much better experience here. Thank you for reporting the problem.