aurutils: A Shell repository from rafasc

SYNOPSIS

aurutils is a collection of scripts to automate usage of the Arch User Repository, with different tasks such as package searching, update checks, or computing dependencies kept separate.

The chosen approach for managing packages is local pacman repositories, rather than foreign (installed by pacman -U) packages.

INSTALLATION

Install one of the following packages:

aurutils for the release version (recommended).
aurutils-git for the master branch.

Upgrade notices are posted to the Arch forums. (RSS)

SIGNATURES

Release archives are signed with signify with the following public keys:

RWQawitEue1JU2SxUyRD8LXP8m36QsbaHOkKfvZBfhj00EXBYiDZilp0 for 2.3.x;
RWQcfDbvctqX5i5yNDNqu607LC7mKArHMsq7ziT8ynx9bQwj5m5ZpMJY for 3.0.x;
RWSiKm8qeKjPfppkN7lm/N4qENa3Racl7DRMfWK4JQS7bl2i/NuI3ZZG for 3.1.x;

The above keys are also published on ArchWiki.

A release archive can be verified with the following command:

signify -V -p aurutils.pub -m <version>.tar.gz

USAGE

Documentation is included as groff manuals. aur(1) contains a general overview, instructions on creating a local repository, and several examples.

VERSIONING

Code changes
Major changes	Result in a bump of major version (`x.0.0`). Upgrades to a new major version may require a rewrite of interfacing software, or significant changes in workflow.
Minor changes (incompatible)	Result in a bump of minor version (`x.y.0`). Typically used when application names or command-line options change in a minor way.
Minor changes (compatible)	Result in a bump of maintenance version (`x.y.z`). Typically used for bug fixes or new, compatible features.

TROUBLESHOOTING