`error: no such table: cppreference.com_keywords` when database was created by old cppman

[czchen]

Originally from https://bugs.debian.org/995477.

When database was created by old cppman, there is no ${source}_keywords table, and there is no mechanism to trigger rebuild automatically. Because of this, cppman always shows error: no such table: cppreference.com_keywords error.

[aitjcize]

Thanks for reporting. Most users does not index the entries themselves so the index.db file should be from the package manager and this should not happen.

We can add logic in code to detect old database and prompt user for deleting the old database.

[baziorek]

I just installed cppman and faced the same problem. I tried:

cppman vector
cppman std::vector
cppman std::vector::begin
cppman 'vector::begin'

and always the same problem. I also checked two sources:

cppman -s 'cplusplus.com'
cppman -s cppreference.com

My version is:

cppman -v     
/bin/cppman Ver 0.5.3

I've just installed with:

sudo apt-get install cppman

[aitjcize]

Version 0.5.3 on debian is bundled with a bad index.db for some reason. Please upgrade to the latest version. You can install it with pip install cppman

[baziorek]

Version 0.5.3 on debian is bundled with a bad index.db for some reason. Please upgrade to the latest version. You can install it with pip install cppman

Thanks, it worked!