`pacman -Fy` is a modern replacement for `pkgfile`[1].
This service/timer makes `pacman -Fy` have feature parity with
`pkgfile`.
The unit files were based on both pkgfile and paccache, for consistency
with the existing ecosystem.
Context: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1981076
[1]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman#Search_for_a_package_that_contains_a...
Signed-off-by: Thiago Perrotta
---
V2:
- Added Signed-off-by byline
- Added nss-lookup.target to After= as suggested by @nl6720
CHANGES.md | 1 +
src/Makefile.am | 8 ++++++--
src/pacman-syncdb.service.in | 12 ++++++++++++
src/pacman-syncdb.timer | 10 ++++++++++
4 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 src/pacman-syncdb.service.in
create mode 100644 src/pacman-syncdb.timer
diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 80f02bb..96a441b 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
## [Unreleased]
### Added
+- pacman-syncdb: systemd service and timer for `pacman -Fy` (https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1981076)
### Changed
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index eef0590..cbc8bd0 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ vim_syntax__DATA = \
systemd_dir = ${libdir}/systemd/system
systemd__DATA = \
- paccache.service paccache.timer
+ paccache.service paccache.timer \
+ pacman-syncdb.service pacman-syncdb.timer
BASHSCRIPTS = \
checkupdates \
@@ -50,7 +51,8 @@ OURSCRIPTS = \
$(PERLSCRIPTS)
OURFILES = \
- paccache.service
+ paccache.service \
+ pacman-syncdb.service
EXTRA_DIST = \
checkupdates.sh.in \
@@ -60,6 +62,8 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
pacdiff.sh.in \
paclist.sh.in \
paclog-pkglist.sh.in \
+ pacman-syncdb.service.in \
+ pacman-syncdb.timer \
pacscripts.sh.in \
pacsearch.pl.in \
pacsort.c \
diff --git a/src/pacman-syncdb.service.in b/src/pacman-syncdb.service.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26cbe6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pacman-syncdb.service.in
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Download pacman fresh files databases from the server
+RequiresMountsFor="/var/lib/pacman/sync"
+After=network-online.target nss-lookup.target
+Wants=network-online.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+ExecStart=@bindir@/pacman -Fy
+Nice=19
+StandardOutput=null
+StandardError=journal
diff --git a/src/pacman-syncdb.timer b/src/pacman-syncdb.timer
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2562443
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pacman-syncdb.timer
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Download pacman fresh files databases from the server weekly
+
+[Timer]
+OnCalendar=weekly
+AccuracySec=1h
+Persistent=true
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=timers.target
--
2.32.0