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Xinkai

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Registered: 2013-09-11

Posts: 14

Arch Package Watcher: show new arch packages

This is an unofficial solution to the now-8-yr-old bug -- FS#13441 - {archweb} Display new packages somewhere in the website.

I have created an AUR package called apw-git. It can track package changes in repositories.

Recommended Setup
================
1. Install "apw-git" from AUR
2. Execute "apw init", this will start a systemd user timer which updates from your local pacman database every hour. Thus apw depends on you to run "pacman -Sy" regularly to function.
3. Add the following lines in your ".bashrc" or ".zshrc" file:

  if [[ $- == *i* ]]
  then
      apw
  fi

4. When you see the changes, run "apw dismiss" to dismiss them.

apw is not retroactive. For a list of recent changes before you installed apw, go to https://tokyo.cuoan.net/apw

GitHub: https://github.com/Xinkai/ArchPackageWatcher

Last edited by Xinkai (2017-05-05 20:45:05)

Alad

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Re: Arch Package Watcher: show new arch packages

Thanks, I'm sure many people will find this useful. One thing I noticed:

https://github.com/Xinkai/ArchPackageWa … an.conf#L5

dbpath      = ./   # expac only recognizes lower case 'dbpath'

Perhaps you should file a bug to expac about this?

Last edited by Alad (2017-05-01 22:04:29)

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Xinkai

Member

Registered: 2013-09-11

Posts: 14

Re: Arch Package Watcher: show new arch packages

Thanks, I'm sure many people will find this useful. One thing I noticed:

https://github.com/Xinkai/ArchPackageWa … an.conf#L5

dbpath      = ./   # expac only recognizes lower case 'dbpath'

Perhaps you should file a bug to expac about this?

Thanks for the kind word.

That line has been removed. I was being stupid, expac does honor case sensitivity.