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Daniele Fucini 10b84b771e Remove the pacman hook
Status bars already drop installed entries, and the path unit covers repo
builds, so the hook only ran checkupdates on every transaction.
2026-10-18 15:47:33 +02:00
Daniele Fucini 69450e4a3c Update PKGBUILD 2026-10-18 15:32:11 +02:00
Daniele Fucini 41f94d719b Refresh quietly from the path unit and pacman hook
Add a --quiet mode that updates the pending file without notifying, run by
the new update-notify-quiet.service, so aur sync doesn't notify per package.
2026-10-18 15:31:46 +02:00
Daniele Fucini bd34dd7bf1 Update PKGBUILD 2026-10-17 11:07:14 +02:00
Daniele Fucini ffb15c0954 Keep the configured threshold in the pending file
A threshold argument is a one-off override for the notification, so status bars
keep using THRESHOLD from the config.
2026-10-17 11:06:46 +02:00
Daniele Fucini da8505624f Update PKGBUILD 2026-10-17 10:57:34 +02:00
Daniele Fucini 5a4baddcdb Remind to run trustsight before building AUR updates 2026-10-17 10:56:57 +02:00
Daniele Fucini ebc19057ea Update PKGBUILD 2026-10-16 09:35:09 +02:00
Daniele Fucini 7b30b24715 Refresh after pacman transactions and local repo builds
Add a pacman hook that runs update-notify for each logged-in user with the timer active, and a path unit that users can point at their local repo databases to refresh after aur build.
2026-10-16 09:34:19 +02:00
Daniele Fucini e0059e490c Update PKGBUILD
Bump to 3.6.
2026-10-14 23:12:35 +02:00
Daniele Fucini 4dc9a268a6 Write the pending updates to a file for status bars
Each run saves the pending repo, AUR and kernel updates to
$XDG_STATE_HOME/update-notify/pending, independent of the threshold,
so a status bar can show them and drop the ones installed since.
2026-10-14 23:05:25 +02:00
Daniele Fucini 954c5d5264 Update PKGBUILD
Bump to 3.5, install the sample config, and quote variables
separately from literal path parts.
2026-10-14 19:08:33 +02:00
Daniele Fucini 8c94be5a08 Read settings from a config file
Source ~/.config/update-notify/config to override THRESHOLD, AUR_REPO
and KERNELS, so settings survive package upgrades. The threshold
argument still takes precedence, so drop it from the service. Add a
commented sample config.
2026-10-14 18:56:17 +02:00
Daniele Fucini aca5a0213e Add .gitignore 2026-10-14 13:13:41 +02:00
Daniele Fucini 3ebded0476 Update PKGBUILD
Bump to 3.4, install the README, and quote the source entry.
2026-10-14 13:09:05 +02:00
Daniele Fucini 6b26b358d7 Mention aur build in README 2026-10-14 13:06:48 +02:00
Daniele Fucini 4a9eebcad2 Warn when aur repo -u fails
Print a warning instead of silently counting 0 AUR updates, and stop
discarding aur's stderr so the cause shows up in the journal.
2026-10-14 13:06:40 +02:00
Daniele Fucini f32d2a0c87 Add README 2026-10-13 21:18:08 +02:00
Daniele Fucini 255cb6350f Update PKGBUILD 2026-10-07 19:48:31 +02:00
Daniele Fucini 32b60ef3da Clean up systemd units
Use Type=oneshot for the service and drop the default Restart=no.
Remove Persistent=true from the timer, which only applies to
OnCalendar= timers.
2026-10-07 19:45:47 +02:00
Daniele Fucini 5b877e76df Update PKGBUILD dependencies
Add libnotify (needed for notify-send), move aurutils to optdepends
since the script works without it, add fwupd as optdepend. Quote
variables in package().
2026-10-07 19:45:47 +02:00
Daniele Fucini a72fd1639e Accept zero-padded threshold, simplify fwupdmgr check 2026-10-07 19:45:47 +02:00
Daniele Fucini 9720b4d2a1 Ignore pkgrel in kernel rebuild check
A stock kernel packaging-only bump doesn't require rebuilding the
custom kernel.
2026-10-07 19:45:47 +02:00
Daniele Fucini dbb7a1766d Avoid lost and repeated notifications
Exit without touching the state when checkupdates fails, so a transient
error no longer clears it and causes the same notification on the next
run. Also save the state only after notify-send succeeds, so a failed
notification is retried.
2026-10-07 19:45:38 +02:00
Daniele Fucini e674f0311c Update PKGBUILD 2026-10-04 16:21:10 +02:00
Daniele Fucini e139acd2bd Merge all notifications
Notification for kernel update is included in the same notification as
everything else, no more a separate one
2026-10-04 16:19:16 +02:00
Daniele Fucini 0416d3e615 Fix kernel update check 2026-10-04 16:05:43 +02:00
Daniele Fucini 154fd39b20 Update PKGBUILD 2026-10-04 08:59:09 +02:00
Daniele Fucini ae33917e8a Make fwupdmgr hint conditional
Only show fwupmgr hint if firmware updates are available
Also fold that and git-monitor hint in a single notification
2026-10-04 08:56:47 +02:00
Daniele Fucini eabaa962dc Update PKGBUILD 2026-10-03 21:26:31 +02:00
Daniele Fucini 3f2702eb71 Change timer frequency 2026-10-03 21:24:57 +02:00
Daniele Fucini 9f5c3b1cb4 Update PKGBUILD 2026-10-03 20:07:10 +02:00
Daniele Fucini 961ddc1e72 Fix state dir name 2026-10-03 20:04:47 +02:00
Daniele Fucini ae43e401a5 Update checksum 2026-10-03 20:02:07 +02:00
Daniele Fucini 3f2ff7e5f9 Make script more robus
Fix few bugs and make it more generic
2026-10-03 20:00:01 +02:00
Daniele Fucini b0c12affbb Update checksum 2026-09-27 14:45:27 +02:00
Daniele Fucini 44dc555c18 Improve efficiency
Call checkupdates only once
2026-09-27 14:42:36 +02:00
Daniele Fucini 5c0995a23f Add reminder to check firmware updates 2025-12-19 10:30:22 +01:00
Daniele Fucini f9ee58b098 Update unit timer 2025-12-19 10:28:05 +01:00
Daniele Fucini 633c48431b Update url in PKGBUILD 2025-08-01 12:44:10 +02:00
Daniele Fucini aee4e886fd Update PKGBUILD 2025-06-10 21:08:20 +02:00
Daniele Fucini 2aee0b62bc Handle standard vs lts kernel update 2025-06-10 21:05:15 +02:00
Daniele Fucini 5894d7b889 Update PKGBUILD 2025-01-10 17:12:31 +01:00
Daniele Fucini 2449ee109e Fix kernel update detection 2025-01-10 17:09:52 +01:00
Daniele Fucini bb9012599c Add notifications about git packages 2025-01-09 16:03:54 +01:00
Daniele Fucini 77a83f1642 Update PKGBUILD 2024-11-25 17:26:06 +01:00
Daniele Fucini ba79773baa Revert "Remove (comment) kernel update detection"
This reverts commit 96eb881a28.
2024-11-25 17:21:13 +01:00
Daniele Fucini 96eb881a28 Remove (comment) kernel update detection 2024-11-24 12:12:16 +01:00
Daniele Fucini 38af0f8b6b Update sha256sum in PKGBUILD 2024-11-13 19:34:27 +01:00
Daniele Fucini 19102b3dbc Update PKGBUILD and make release 2024-11-13 19:32:57 +01:00
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CLAUDE.md
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# Maintainer: Daniele Fucini <dfucini [at] gmail [dot] com>
pkgname=update-notify-git
_pkgname=update-notify
pkgdesc='Notify when updates are available'
pkgver=0.0.1
pkgname=update-notify
pkgver=3.10
pkgrel=1
url="https://github.com/Fuxino/${_pkgname}"
pkgdesc='Notify when updates are available'
arch=('any')
url="https://git.shouldnt.work/fuxino/$pkgname"
license=('GPL-3.0-or-later')
makedepends=('git')
depends=('pacman-contrib'
'aurutils')
source=(git+${url}.git?signed#branch=master)
'libnotify')
makedepends=('git')
optdepends=('aurutils: to check AUR packages in the local repo for updates'
'fwupd: to check for firmware updates'
'git-monitor: to check git repos for updates'
'trustsight: to vet AUR updates before building them')
source=("git+$url?signed#tag=$pkgver")
validpgpkeys=('7E12BC1FF3B6EDB2CD8053EB981A2B2A3BBF5514')
sha256sums=('SKIP')
pkgver()
{
cd ${_pkgname}
git describe --long --tags | sed 's/\([^-]*-g\)/r\1/;s/-/./g'
}
prepare()
{
git -C ${srcdir}/${_pkgname} clean -dfx
}
sha256sums=('b3949ce23148d981eb2dd9f3eda4cb2ef8be3f28ee08da63ae14e75c8e18d176')
package()
{
cd ${srcdir}/${_pkgname}
install -Dm755 ${_pkgname} ${pkgdir}/usr/bin/${_pkgname}
install -Dm644 ${_pkgname}.service ${pkgdir}/usr/lib/systemd/user/${_pkgname}.service
install -Dm644 ${_pkgname}.timer ${pkgdir}/usr/lib/systemd/user/${_pkgname}.timer
cd "$srcdir"/"$pkgname"
install -Dm755 "$pkgname" "$pkgdir"/usr/bin/"$pkgname"
install -Dm644 "$pkgname".service "$pkgdir"/usr/lib/systemd/user/"$pkgname".service
install -Dm644 "$pkgname"-quiet.service "$pkgdir"/usr/lib/systemd/user/"$pkgname"-quiet.service
install -Dm644 "$pkgname".timer "$pkgdir"/usr/lib/systemd/user/"$pkgname".timer
install -Dm644 "$pkgname".path "$pkgdir"/usr/lib/systemd/user/"$pkgname".path
install -Dm644 README.md "$pkgdir"/usr/share/doc/"$pkgname"/README.md
install -Dm644 config.example "$pkgdir"/usr/share/doc/"$pkgname"/config.example
}
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# update-notify
Desktop notifications for pending updates on Arch Linux.
update-notify runs on a systemd user timer and checks:
- **Repo updates**, using `checkupdates` from pacman-contrib.
- **AUR updates** for packages in a local aurutils repository (`aur repo -u`).
- **Custom kernel rebuilds**: when a stock kernel (e.g. `linux-lts`) has a newer version than your custom build of it (e.g. `linux-lts-custom`).
It sends one notification, and only when its content changes since the last one:
- Update counts are shown once the total number of updates reaches a threshold (default 30). Reminders for `git-monitor` and pending firmware updates (`fwupdmgr`) are added when those tools are installed, and one to run `trustsight` before building pending AUR updates.
- Kernel rebuild reminders are always shown, even below the threshold.
## Requirements
- `pacman-contrib`
- `libnotify` and a running notification daemon
Optional:
- `aurutils`: check AUR packages in the local repository
- `fwupd`: check for firmware updates
- `git-monitor`: remind to check git packages
- `trustsight`: remind to vet AUR updates before building them
## Installation
Build and install the package with the included PKGBUILD:
```
makepkg -si
```
Or, with aurutils, build it into your local repository with `aur build` and install it with pacman.
Then enable the timer:
```
systemctl --user enable --now update-notify.timer
```
The timer runs 5 minutes after boot, then every 6 hours.
### Refresh after building packages
To run `update-notify --quiet` whenever a repository changes, add the repository files to watch to `update-notify.path`:
```
systemctl --user edit update-notify.path
```
```
[Path]
PathChanged=/home/aur-local/aur-local.db.tar.gz.sig
PathChanged=/home/custom-pkgs/custom-pkgs.db.tar.gz.sig
```
Watch the `.db.tar.gz.sig` file for signed repositories, or `.db.tar.gz` for unsigned ones (`.db` is a symlink). Then enable it:
```
systemctl --user enable --now update-notify.path
```
## Usage
```
update-notify [-q|--quiet] [threshold]
```
`threshold` is the minimum number of updates (repo + AUR) before update counts are shown. It overrides the `THRESHOLD` setting below for that run's notification only; the pending file keeps the configured value.
`--quiet` updates the pending file without notifying. Changes to a notification already shown are recorded, so the next timer run doesn't repeat them; a new notification is left for the timer. `update-notify.path` uses it (through `update-notify-quiet.service`), so building many packages doesn't notify after each one.
## Configuration
Settings are read from `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/update-notify/config` (default `~/.config/update-notify/config`), a bash file that is sourced by the script. All settings are optional:
- `THRESHOLD`: minimum number of updates before update counts are shown (default 30).
- `AUR_REPO`: name of the local aurutils repository (default `aur-local`).
- `KERNELS`: maps each stock kernel package to its custom build (default: `linux`, `linux-lts` and `linux-zen` to `<name>-custom`). Kernels where either package isn't installed are skipped. Set `KERNELS=()` to disable the kernel check.
A commented sample config is installed with the package. To start from it:
```
mkdir -p ~/.config/update-notify
cp /usr/share/doc/update-notify/config.example ~/.config/update-notify/config
```
Kernel versions are compared without `pkgrel`, so a stock packaging-only update doesn't trigger a rebuild reminder. A custom build already in the local repository but not installed yet counts as up to date.
The content of the last notification is stored in `$XDG_STATE_HOME/update-notify` (default `~/.local/state/update-notify`). Delete it to get the current notification again.
## Status bars
Each run also writes the pending updates to `$XDG_STATE_HOME/update-notify/pending`, whether or not the threshold is reached, for status bars such as xmobar to read:
```
threshold <THRESHOLD from the config, not the argument>
repo <pkg> <newver>
aur <pkg> <newver>
kernel <custom-pkg> <stock-ver>
```
The file reflects the last timer or `update-notify.path` run. To keep a bar current in between, e.g. right after an upgrade, drop entries whose installed version (`pacman -Q`) is no longer older than `newver`, or, for `kernel` lines, whose custom build has caught up with `stock-ver` (ignoring `pkgrel`). This only reads local data, so it's cheap to run often.
## License
GPL-3.0-or-later. See [LICENSE](LICENSE).
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# update-notify configuration, sourced as bash.
# Copy to ~/.config/update-notify/config and uncomment what you want to change.
# The values shown are the defaults.
# Minimum number of updates (repo + AUR) before update counts are shown.
# The command-line argument takes precedence.
#THRESHOLD=30
# Name of the local aurutils repository.
#AUR_REPO="aur-local"
# Stock kernel package -> your custom build of it. Replaces the whole list;
# kernels where either package isn't installed are skipped.
# Set KERNELS=() to disable the kernel check.
#KERNELS=(
# [linux]="linux-custom"
# [linux-lts]="linux-lts-custom"
# [linux-zen]="linux-zen-custom"
#)
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#!/bin/bash
set -u
if [ "$#" -eq 1 ]; then
threshold=$1
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Config: defaults, overridden by the config file, then by the argument
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
THRESHOLD=30
AUR_REPO="aur-local"
# stock kernel package -> your custom build of it
declare -A KERNELS=(
[linux]="linux-custom"
[linux-lts]="linux-lts-custom"
[linux-zen]="linux-zen-custom"
)
config_file="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/update-notify/config"
state_dir="${XDG_STATE_HOME:-$HOME/.local/state}/update-notify"
if [[ -r $config_file ]]; then
# shellcheck source=/dev/null
source "$config_file"
fi
quiet=0 # refresh the pending file without notifying (path unit)
if [[ ${1:-} == -q || ${1:-} == --quiet ]]; then
quiet=1
shift
fi
config_threshold=$THRESHOLD # written to the pending file, so a one-off argument doesn't change status bars
THRESHOLD=${1:-$THRESHOLD}
for t in "$config_threshold" "$THRESHOLD"; do
[[ $t =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] || { echo "Threshold must be a number" >&2; exit 1; }
done
# force base 10, so e.g. "08" isn't read as octal
config_threshold=$((10#$config_threshold))
THRESHOLD=$((10#$THRESHOLD))
mkdir -p "$state_dir"
# notify-send from cron/systemd needs the session bus address
export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS="${DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS:-unix:path=/run/user/$(id -u)/bus}"
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Helpers
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Send a notification only if its body changed since last time for this key.
notify_once() {
local key=$1 title=$2 body=$3
local file="$state_dir/$key"
if [[ -f $file && $(<"$file") == "$body" ]]; then
return 0
fi
if (( quiet )); then
# Track changes to a shown notification, so the timer doesn't re-notify them;
# leave a new one for the timer to show
[[ -f $file ]] && printf '%s' "$body" > "$file"
return 0
fi
notify-send "$title" "$body" && printf '%s' "$body" > "$file"
}
# Forget a key so the next occurrence notifies again.
clear_state() {
rm -f "$state_dir/$1"
}
# If $1 has a pending update, print its new version and return 0.
# checkupdates lines look like: "pkgname oldver -> newver"
pending_version() {
local pkg=$1 item new
for item in "${arch_list[@]}"; do
if [[ $item == "$pkg "* ]]; then
read -r _ _ _ new <<< "$item"
printf '%s\n' "$new"
return 0
fi
done
return 1
}
# Newest known version of $1: the pending version if an update is queued,
# otherwise the installed version. Returns 1 if the package isn't installed.
latest_version() {
local pkg=$1 ver
if ver=$(pending_version "$pkg"); then
printf '%s\n' "$ver"
elif ver=$(pacman -Q "$pkg" 2>/dev/null); then
printf '%s\n' "${ver#* }"
else
return 1
fi
}
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Gather updates
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Fetch checkupdates once. Exit codes: 0 = updates, 2 = none, 1 = error.
checkupdates_out=$(checkupdates 2>/dev/null)
checkupdates_rc=$?
if (( checkupdates_rc == 1 )); then
# Bail out without touching the state, so the next good run doesn't re-notify
echo "checkupdates failed (network or sync problem?)" >&2
exit 1
fi
arch_list=()
if [[ -n $checkupdates_out ]]; then
mapfile -t arch_list <<< "$checkupdates_out"
fi
arch_updates=${#arch_list[@]}
aur_list=()
if command -v aur >/dev/null 2>&1; then
if aur_out=$(aur repo -u -d "$AUR_REPO"); then
[[ -n $aur_out ]] && mapfile -t aur_list <<< "$aur_out"
else
echo "aur repo -u failed, AUR updates not counted" >&2
fi
fi
aur_updates=${#aur_list[@]}
updates=$((arch_updates + aur_updates))
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Kernel check: the stock kernel updated, but your custom build didn't
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
kernel_lines=()
kernel_pending=()
for stock_pkg in "${!KERNELS[@]}"; do
custom_pkg=${KERNELS[$stock_pkg]}
# Skip kernels where either package isn't installed
if ! stock_ver=$(latest_version "$stock_pkg") || ! custom_ver=$(latest_version "$custom_pkg"); then
continue
fi
# Flag the kernel while the stock one is newer than the newest custom build
# (installed, or already built into your repo but not yet installed).
# pkgrel is ignored: a stock packaging-only bump doesn't need a rebuild.
if (( $(vercmp "${stock_ver%-*}" "${custom_ver%-*}") > 0 )); then
kernel_lines+=("Rebuild $custom_pkg ($stock_pkg $stock_ver)")
kernel_pending+=("$custom_pkg $stock_ver")
fi
done
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Pending list for status bars, one "<source> <pkg> <newver>" per line
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
{
printf 'threshold %s\n' "$config_threshold"
for item in "${arch_list[@]}"; do
read -r pkg _ _ new <<< "$item"
printf 'repo %s %s\n' "$pkg" "$new"
done
for item in "${aur_list[@]}"; do
read -r pkg _ _ new <<< "$item"
printf 'aur %s %s\n' "$pkg" "$new"
done
for item in "${kernel_pending[@]}"; do
printf 'kernel %s\n' "$item"
done
} > "$state_dir/pending.tmp" && mv "$state_dir/pending.tmp" "$state_dir/pending" # readers never see a partial file
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Build a single notification
# - kernel rebuild lines are always included
# - update counts and reminders only when the threshold is reached
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
over_threshold=0
(( updates >= THRESHOLD )) && over_threshold=1
parts=()
if (( over_threshold )); then
parts+=("Arch: $arch_updates, AUR: $aur_updates")
fi
parts+=("${kernel_lines[@]}")
if (( over_threshold )); then
reminders=()
# Always remind about git packages if git-monitor is installed
if command -v git-monitor >/dev/null 2>&1; then
reminders+=("git-monitor")
fi
# Firmware: only mention it when updates actually exist.
# fwupdmgr get-updates exits 0 when updates are available, 2 when there are none.
# --no-metadata-check avoids prompting/refreshing; the fwupd-refresh timer keeps metadata fresh.
if command -v fwupdmgr >/dev/null 2>&1; then
if timeout 30 fwupdmgr get-updates --no-metadata-check </dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1; then
reminders+=("fwupdmgr (firmware updates available)")
fi
fi
# Vet AUR changes before building them
if (( aur_updates )) && command -v trustsight >/dev/null 2>&1; then
parts+=("Before aur sync: trustsight review --repo $AUR_REPO")
fi
if (( ${#reminders[@]} )); then
printf -v list '%s, ' "${reminders[@]}"
parts+=("Also check: ${list%, }")
fi
fi
if (( ${#parts[@]} )); then
title="Updates available"
(( over_threshold )) || title="Kernel update available"
printf -v body '%s\n' "${parts[@]}"
notify_once "updates" "$title" "${body%$'\n'}"
else
threshold=30
fi
arch_updates=$(checkupdates | wc -l)
aur_updates=$(aur repo -u -d aur-local | wc -l)
kernel_update=$(checkupdates | grep linux | grep -v custom | grep -v archlinux | grep -v api | grep -v firmware | wc -l)
if [ "$kernel_update" -eq 0 ]; then
kernel_update=$(vercmp `pacman -Si linux | grep Version | cut -d':' -f2` `uname -r`)
fi
built_kernel=$(checkupdates | grep linux-custom | wc -l)
updates=$(($arch_updates + $aur_updates))
if [ "$kernel_update" -ge 1 ] && [ "$built_kernel" -eq 0 ]; then
notify-send "Kernel update available" "Rebuild custom kernel"
fi
if [ "$updates" -ge "$threshold" ]; then
notify-send "Updates available" "Arch: $arch_updates, AUR: $aur_updates"
clear_state "updates"
fi
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[Unit]
Description=Refresh the update-notify pending file without notifying
[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/update-notify --quiet
Type=oneshot
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[Unit]
Description=Run update-notify when a local repository changes
# Add the repository files to watch with: systemctl --user edit update-notify.path
# e.g. PathChanged=/home/aur-local/aur-local.db.tar.gz.sig
[Path]
Unit=update-notify-quiet.service
[Install]
WantedBy=default.target
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Description=Notify if updates are available
[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/update-notify 30
Type=simple
Restart=no
ExecStart=/usr/bin/update-notify
Type=oneshot
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[Timer]
OnBootSec=5min
OnUnitActiveSec=6h
Persistent=true
[Install]
WantedBy=timers.target