X-Git-Url: https://rtime.felk.cvut.cz/gitweb/notmuch.git/blobdiff_plain/cdd698f96976dc8fc43efd19c452d0fca48e2618..54508eb78d1c5c1c67c8b220cf2bd826af1203a9:/bindings/python/notmuch/database.py

diff --git a/bindings/python/notmuch/database.py b/bindings/python/notmuch/database.py
index ff89818b..e5c74cfb 100644
--- a/bindings/python/notmuch/database.py
+++ b/bindings/python/notmuch/database.py
@@ -526,19 +526,10 @@ class Database(object):
                  retry.
         :raises: :exc:`NotInitializedError` if the database was not
                  intitialized.
-        :raises: :exc:`ReadOnlyDatabaseError` if the database has not been
-                 opened in read-write mode
 
         *Added in notmuch 0.9*"""
         self._assert_db_is_initialized()
 
-        # work around libnotmuch calling exit(3), see
-        # id:20120221002921.8534.57091@thinkbox.jade-hamburg.de
-        # TODO: remove once this issue is resolved
-        if self.mode != Database.MODE.READ_WRITE:
-            raise ReadOnlyDatabaseError('The database has to be opened in '
-                                        'read-write mode for get_directory')
-
         msg_p = NotmuchMessageP()
         status = Database._find_message_by_filename(self._db, _str(filename),
                                                     byref(msg_p))