python CFFI bindings integration into notmuch build/test

[David Bremner]

Floris Bruynooghe <flub at devork.be> writes:

>
> I still have a bunch of non-existing messages with weird unicode message
> IDs in them, but no associated filename just an empty string.  AFAIK
> notmuch_database_remove_message() needs a filename though, I've tried
> removing the empty file which does not fail but doesn't clear those
> database entries.  The messages are not ghosts either.  Any idea how I
> might be able to clear those bad messages from the database?

In principle running "notmuch new" should do it, if there are no files
on disk corresponding to those messages. If that doesn't work, you might
have to use "xapian-delve" to figure out what terms are attached to
those message documents.

d