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

[Thomas Bächler]

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.

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