List available updates from the Arch User Repository (AUR)
Note: Logic depends on checking installed version against aurweb, so it doesn't
work well for VCS packages.
Instead, these need to run makepkg --nodep -nobuild on the actual PKGBUILD,
then either construct the version string via makepkg --printsrcinfo or parse
makepkg --packagelist, probably setting PKG{DEST,EXT} to controlled values
to make parsing more predictable.
Example i3blocks configuration:
[aur-update]
command=$SCRIPT_DIR/aur-update
markup=pango
format=json
interval=43200
UPDATE_COLOR=red
QUIET=1
IGNORE=root vidyodesktop
#CACHE_UPDATES=0
#FORCE_IPV4=1
Right or middle click sends a notification (via notify-send) with a list of outdated packages
and the corresponding version information.
If you enable caching (CACHE_UPDATES=1), the update list will be cached as an environment variable.
This will be read on a (right/middle) click to directly show the notification without the delay caused by updating the list.
Usage of IPV4 can be forced using FORCE_IPV4=1. This is useful, because the AUR API often gets timeouts with IPV6 and the call does not return.
- python3 requests library
- optional: libnotify/notify-send
- pyalpm