Hi Everyone, I have been thinking about the creation of a tool similar to Ubuntu's add-apt-repository, allowing some automation of the repository adding process inside Arch Linux. My thoughts at the moment would be to create a simple bash script (`repo-add`?) that would get the TXT record for the second command line argument. For example, I could run: repo-add packages.timg.ws The script would then get the TXT record for packages.timg.ws. That TXT record would point to a .conf file that contains all of the configuration for the "packages.timg.ws" repository. That .conf file would be downloaded, and then placed into /etc/pacman.d My thinking is that this command would set up the pacman configuration, and check that everything is OK. If the .conf file contains as a comment with the fingerprint and location of a public key, then `pacman-key` can additionally be automated, maybe showing a message showing what the fingerprint is and that the gpg key downloaded from the comment on the .conf file matches that of the public key. Additionally, a .conf file from the TXT record could also suggest that packages get installed straight after the repo-add command has been ran. If the second command is a URI, then either that file could be downloaded (skipping the "discovery" of a repository), or just the host could be extracted from the URI allowing the discovery to go back to the TXT record. Having this command use the TXT record has two awesome advantages: 1. My site (eg, packges.timg.ws) could be hosted on a different server to where the packages are. 2. No more copying & pasting a whole bunch of configuration to add a repository. Example Run: # repo-add packages.timg.ws 1. The script dig's the hostname that was entered as the second argument on the script: # dig TXT packages.timg.ws +short "http://timg.ws/archlinux/repo/timgws.conf" 2. The .conf file is downloaded. 3. The GPG key shown in the .conf file is downloaded 4. Fingerprint matched, OK (here there would be a warning if the fingerprint of key != fingerprint in conf) 5. Fingerprint shown, confirmation requested 6. conf added to pacman, if packages are suggested, show what they are, ask to run pacman -Su <packages> 7. ??? 8. Profit! Please let me know your thoughts. Tim