[arch-general] defunct packages spooking around

[Xavier]

On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 11:42 PM, Firmicus <Firmicus at gmx.net> wrote:
> That's what I guessed: termcap-compat has ~18%!
> csup: 15%
> and libdownload: 59%!!
>
> For the rest one would need to check each pkg under "unknown" for
> non-existence in AUR... Any volunteer? :)
>
>

I think you can automate that.

One example from
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Optdepends_bugs#Checking_script :
if [ $(slurpy -i "$pkg" 2>/dev/null | wc -l) -gt 1 ]; then
  continue
fi

But you can use any other ways you like to access AUR :)