fakepac: example of how to find updates without using -Sy

falconindy · May 24, 2011 · a87de05 · a87de05
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+shopt -s extglob
+
+fakedb=/dev/shm/fakepacdb
+realdb=/var/lib/pacman
+
+[[ ! -d $fakedb ]] && { mkdir -p "$fakedb/sync" || exit 1; }
+[[ ! -L $fakedb/local ]] && { ln -s "$realdb/local" "$fakedb" || exit 2; }
+
+case $1 in
+  -Sy|-Syy) exec fakeroot pacman --dbpath "$fakedb" $1 ;;
+  -@(S|U)*) echo "action not allowed" ;;
+  *) exec pacman --dbpath "$fakedb" $1 ;;
+esac
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