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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
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# Maintainer: Daniele Fucini <dfucini [at] gmail [dot] com>
pkgname=update-notify
pkgver=3.5
pkgver=3.6
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc='Notify when updates are available'
arch=('any')
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'git-monitor: to check git repos for updates')
source=("git+$url?signed#tag=$pkgver")
validpgpkeys=('7E12BC1FF3B6EDB2CD8053EB981A2B2A3BBF5514')
sha256sums=('6620f528f9114b0e17723322558c7ba484c236ba9a7ece8b754f25ade84883ff')
sha256sums=('3efd5deadb6619b0fbc46d0559716feb117d095ce1068a02da53c3e14e88af68')
package()
{
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The timer runs 5 minutes after boot, then every 6 hours.
A pacman hook also runs update-notify after every pacman transaction, for each logged-in user whose timer is active, so the notification and the status bar file are current right after an upgrade.
### Refresh after building packages
Building into a local repository (`aur build`, `aur sync`) doesn't run pacman, so the hook can't catch it. To run update-notify 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
```
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kernel <custom-pkg> <stock-ver>
```
The file reflects the last run. To keep a bar current 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.
The file reflects the last run, which the pacman hook and `update-notify.path` keep close to current. To keep a bar current in between, 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
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#!/bin/bash
# Run update-notify for every logged-in user whose timer is active (called by the pacman hook as root)
systemctl list-units --plain --no-legend --state=running 'user@*.service' |
while read -r unit _; do
uid=${unit#user@}
uid=${uid%.service}
user=$(id -nu "$uid") || continue
systemctl --user -M "$user@" is-active --quiet update-notify.timer || continue
systemctl --user -M "$user@" start --no-block update-notify.service
done
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[Trigger]
Operation = Install
Operation = Upgrade
Operation = Remove
Type = Package
Target = *
[Action]
Description = Refreshing update-notify...
When = PostTransaction
Exec = /usr/lib/update-notify/refresh
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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.service
[Install]
WantedBy=default.target