1 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/ExtSearch.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/ExtSearch.pm
index 3e8ca82c..66c99eaa 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/ExtSearch.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/ExtSearch.pm
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  
  # Read-only external (detached) index for cross inbox search.
  # This is a read-only counterpart to PublicInbox::ExtSearchIdx
+# and behaves like PublicInbox::Inbox AND PublicInbox::Search
  package PublicInbox::ExtSearch;
  use strict;
  use v5.10.1;
@@ -21,6 +22,8 @@ sub new {
          }, __PACKAGE__;
  }
  
+sub search { $_[0] } # self
+
  # overrides PublicInbox::Search::_xdb
  sub _xdb {
          my ($self) = @_;
@@ -38,7 +41,29 @@ sub git {
          $self->{git} //= PublicInbox::Git->new("$self->{topdir}/ALL.git");
  }
  
+sub mm { undef }
+
+sub altid_map { {} }
+
+sub description {
+        my ($self) = @_;
+        ($self->{description} //=
+                PublicInbox::Inbox::cat_desc("$self->{topdir}/description")) //
+                '$EINDEX_DIR/description missing';
+}
+
+sub cloneurl { [] } # TODO
+
+sub base_url { 'https://example.com/TODO/' }
+sub nntp_url { [] }
+
  no warnings 'once';
  *smsg_eml = \&PublicInbox::Inbox::smsg_eml;
+*smsg_by_mid = \&PublicInbox::Inbox::smsg_by_mid;
+*msg_by_mid = \&PublicInbox::Inbox::msg_by_mid;
+*modified = \&PublicInbox::Inbox::modified;
+*recent = \&PublicInbox::Inbox::recent;
+
+*max_git_epoch = *nntp_usable = *msg_by_path = \&mm; # undef
  
  1;