Re: [arch-general] Script for finding and "moving" older duplicate packages from /var/cache/pacman/pkg

Patrick Brisbin schrieb:

A while back i wrote a similar script which extracts the .PKGINFO file from each package in one's cache. slow, but I think this is a more accurate way to compare versions.

We had that discussion on arch-dev-public a while ago. makepkg always puts .PKGINFO to the beginning of the tarball. Also, tar and bsdtar both have options to ensure that after the file is found, they stops extracting - therefore, the .PKGINFO file will be extracted instantly, independent of package size. Look at the tar or bsdtar manpages, unfortunately I forgot exactly how it works.