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| -rw-r--r-- | contrib/Makefile.am | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | contrib/README | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | contrib/checkupdates.sh.in | 44 |
3 files changed, 50 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/Makefile.am b/contrib/Makefile.am index 64f476c9..99baf951 100644 --- a/contrib/Makefile.am +++ b/contrib/Makefile.am @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ bin_SCRIPTS = \ BASHSCRIPTS = \ bacman \ + checkupdates \ paccache \ pacdiff \ paclist \ @@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \ PKGBUILD.vim \ bacman.sh.in \ bash_completion.in \ + checkupdates.sh.in \ paccache.sh.in \ paclog-pkglist.sh.in \ pacdiff.sh.in \ @@ -93,6 +95,7 @@ uninstall-local: bacman: $(srcdir)/bacman.sh.in bash_completion: $(srcdir)/bash_completion.in +checkupdates: $(srcdir)/checkupdates.sh.in paccache: $(srcdir)/paccache.sh.in $(top_srcdir)/scripts/library/parseopts.sh $(top_srcdir)/scripts/library/size_to_human.sh pacdiff: $(srcdir)/pacdiff.sh.in paclist: $(srcdir)/paclist.sh.in diff --git a/contrib/README b/contrib/README index b9f65248..ae33bb25 100644 --- a/contrib/README +++ b/contrib/README @@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ database entries. Useful for reuse, or possible config file extension. bash_completion - a bash completion script for pacman, install in /etc/bash_completion.d/ for use (but rename to something descriptive!). +checkupdates - print a list of pending updates without touching the system +sync databases (for safety on rolling release distributions). + paccache - a flexible package cache cleaning utility that allows greater control over which packages are removed. diff --git a/contrib/checkupdates.sh.in b/contrib/checkupdates.sh.in new file mode 100644 index 00000000..15950e13 --- /dev/null +++ b/contrib/checkupdates.sh.in @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ +#!/bin/bash +# +# checkupdates: Safely print a list of pending updates. +# +# Copyright (c) 2013 Kyle Keen <keenerd@gmail.com> +# +# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify +# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by +# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or +# (at your option) any later version. +# +# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, +# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the +# GNU General Public License for more details. +# +# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License +# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. +# + +if (( $# > 0 )); then + echo "checkupdate: Safely print a list of pending updates." + echo "Use: checkupdates" + echo "Export the 'CHECKUPDATE_DB' variable to change the path of the temporary database." + exit 0 +fi + +if [[ -z $CHECKUPDATE_DB ]]; then + CHECKUPDATE_DB="${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/checkup-db-${USER}/" +fi + +trap 'rm -f $CHECKUPDATE_DB/db.lck' INT TERM EXIT + +DBPath="${DBPath:-@localstatedir@/lib/pacman/}" +eval $(awk -F' *= *' '$1 ~ /DBPath/ { print $1 "=" $2 }' /etc/pacman.conf) + +mkdir -p "$CHECKUPDATE_DB" +ln -s "${DBPath}/local" "$CHECKUPDATE_DB" &> /dev/null +fakeroot pacman -Sy --dbpath "$CHECKUPDATE_DB" &> /dev/null +pacman -Qqu --dbpath "$CHECKUPDATE_DB" 2> /dev/null + +exit 0 + +# vim: set ts=2 sw=2 noet: |