[PATCH v2] Add pacman-syncdb: systemd service and timer for `pacman -Fy`.

[Daniel M. Capella]

On 8/2/21 5:58 PM, Morgan Adamiec via pacman-contrib wrote:
>
> On 02/08/2021 22:35, Daniel M. Capella via pacman-contrib wrote:
>> On July 31, 2021 8:32:49 PM EDT, Thiago Perrotta via pacman-contrib <pacman-contrib at lists.archlinux.org> wrote:
>>> `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_specific_file
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Thiago Perrotta <tbperrotta at gmail.com>
>>> ---
>>> 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
>> Pushed, thank you!
>>
>> --
>> Best,
>> Daniel <https://danielcapella.com>
>>
> May be a bit late now but the name of the service really should be
> pacman-filesdb instead of pacman-syncdb.
>
> Also the description is a little broken and could be something simpler
> like "Refresh pacman files database".


Patch sent:

https://lists.archlinux.org/pipermail/pacman-contrib/2021-August/000383.html


-- 
Best,
Daniel <https://danielcapella.com>

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