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.

PKGBUILD

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Maintainer: Daniele Fucini <dfucini [at] gmail [dot] com>
 
 pkgname=update-notify
-pkgver=3.8
+pkgver=3.10
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc='Notify when updates are available'
 arch=('any')
@@ -18,17 +18,16 @@ optdepends=('aurutils: to check AUR packages in the local repo for updates'
             'trustsight: to vet AUR updates before building them')
 source=("git+$url?signed#tag=$pkgver")
 validpgpkeys=('7E12BC1FF3B6EDB2CD8053EB981A2B2A3BBF5514')
-sha256sums=('947b6b33a9dd8fe69e87252d8a3591e99123d334f0e7660dcf13177ea8ba7746')
+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 "$pkgname"-quiet.service "$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/"$pkgname".path
-    install -Dm755 "$pkgname"-refresh "$pkgdir"/usr/lib/"$pkgname"/refresh
-    install -Dm644 "$pkgname".hook "$pkgdir"/usr/share/libalpm/hooks/"$pkgname".hook
     install -Dm644 README.md "$pkgdir"/usr/share/doc/"$pkgname"/README.md
     install -Dm644 config.example "$pkgdir"/usr/share/doc/"$pkgname"/config.example
 }

README.md

@@ -43,11 +43,9 @@ systemctl --user enable --now update-notify.timer
 
 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`:
+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
@@ -68,11 +66,13 @@ systemctl --user enable --now update-notify.path
 ## Usage
 
 ```
-update-notify [threshold]
+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:
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ aur <pkg> <newver>
 kernel <custom-pkg> <stock-ver>
 ```
 
-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.
+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
 

update-notify

@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ 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}
 
@@ -44,6 +49,12 @@ notify_once() {
     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"
 }
 

update-notify-quiet.service

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Refresh the update-notify pending file without notifying
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/update-notify --quiet
+Type=oneshot

update-notify-refresh

@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-#!/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

update-notify.hook

@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-[Trigger]
-Operation = Install
-Operation = Upgrade
-Operation = Remove
-Type = Package
-Target = *
-
-[Action]
-Description = Refreshing update-notify...
-When = PostTransaction
-Exec = /usr/lib/update-notify/refresh

update-notify.path

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ 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
+Unit=update-notify-quiet.service
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=default.target