Re: [arch-general] Check for update in script

2014-09-12 Thread Yamakaky
pacman provides a `checkupdates` script, see /usr/bin/checkupdates for how it works. Wow, I didn't know this one, thanks !

Re: [arch-general] Check for update in script

2014-09-12 Thread Yamakaky
It can certainly be done. You can always do a pacman -Su later, if you want. The problem is that I want to check for updates in a script. 'pacman -Sy' without upgrade can cause problems. In your use case, you can probably specify an alternative db path using the --dbpath switch in pacman.

Re: [arch-general] Check for update in script

2014-09-12 Thread Savyasachee Jha
On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 1:36 AM, Yamakaky yamak...@yamaworld.fr wrote: In your use case, you can probably specify an alternative db path using the --dbpath switch in pacman. That's what I wanted to do, but dbpath countains the local and upstream databases, so I thought it might cause

Re: [arch-general] Check for update in script

2014-09-12 Thread Jason Ryan
On 11/09/14 at 10:06pm, Yamakaky wrote: pacman provides a `checkupdates` script, see /usr/bin/checkupdates for how it works. Wow, I didn't know this one, thanks ! pacman -Ql pacman | awk -F/ '/bin/ {print $4}' /J -- http://jasonwryan.com/ [GnuPG Key: B1BD4E40] pgpuT2uicQOda.pgp

Re: [arch-general] Check for update in script

2014-09-12 Thread Yamakaky
Le 12/09/2014 20:15, Jason Ryan a écrit : On 11/09/14 at 10:06pm, Yamakaky wrote: pacman provides a `checkupdates` script, see /usr/bin/checkupdates for how it works. Wow, I didn't know this one, thanks ! pacman -Ql pacman | awk -F/ '/bin/ {print $4}' /J Yes, I know, but I never used

[arch-general] Check for update in script

2014-09-11 Thread Yamakaky
Hi I can't find a good way to check for available upgrades without touching the database, as running `pacman -Sy` without `u` isn't supported. Any idea ? Maybe a new pacman switch like --upstreamdbpath to toggle change the location of sync/ without touching local/ ? Why I need it :

Re: [arch-general] Check for update in script

2014-09-11 Thread Savyasachee Jha
On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 10:31 PM, Yamakaky yamak...@yamaworld.fr wrote: Hi I can't find a good way to check for available upgrades without touching the database, as running `pacman -Sy` without `u` isn't supported. Any idea ? Maybe a new pacman switch like --upstreamdbpath to toggle change

Re: [arch-general] Check for update in script

2014-09-11 Thread Jakub Klinkovský
On 11.09.14 at 19:01, Yamakaky wrote: Hi I can't find a good way to check for available upgrades without touching the database, as running `pacman -Sy` without `u` isn't supported. Any idea ? Maybe a new pacman switch like --upstreamdbpath to toggle change the location of sync/ without