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Attius_Sullivan

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Registered: 2019-11-02

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Notification if a package is updated

Hi,

is there a possibility to get notified (maybe via Email) if a package is updated?

(would be useful if I know something doesn't work right with the current version so if a new version is released it would be nice to be notified so that you can test if the bug was fixed and if you can now use the new package).

progandy

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Registered: 2012-05-17

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Re: Notification if a package is updated

You could use the RSS feed for the git log of the /repos directory of the package, e.g.

https://git.archlinux.org/svntogit/pack … ages/linux

Last edited by progandy (2019-12-14 18:02:49)

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Attius_Sullivan

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Re: Notification if a package is updated

Hm ok, so there is no obvious way.

jasonwryan

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Re: Notification if a package is updated

checkupdates --help

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progandy

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Registered: 2012-05-17

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Re: Notification if a package is updated

Hm ok, so there is no obvious way.

There are also RSS feeds for repositories:
https://www.archlinux.org/feeds/

Last edited by progandy (2019-12-14 18:35:14)

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nobej66245

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Registered: 2023-03-19

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Re: Notification if a package is updated

You could use the RSS feed for the git log of the /repos directory of the package, e.g.

https://git.archlinux.org/svntogit/pack … ages/linux

this is quite an old thread, the link does not seem to work anymore. Are there still RSS feeds for individual packages? (I can see the feed for the entire repo, but that is not particularly useful unless a query string can filter)
new link is: https://github.com/archlinux/svntogit-p … trunk.atom

Last edited by nobej66245 (2023-03-19 11:14:34)

2ManyDogs

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Registered: 2012-01-15

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Re: Notification if a package is updated

Closing this old thread.