cron-pacmatic

#! /bin/bash

. /usr/bin/pacmatic --as-lib

if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
    cat << END
Usage: $0 <your@mail.tld>
For this to work, you need to set the mail command correctly
See https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Msmtp#Using_the_mail_command
END
    exit
fi

init_fakeroot_db()
{
    mkdir -p /tmp/localsync
    ln -s /var/lib/pacman/local /tmp/localsync &>/dev/null
}

[ -d /tmp/localsync/ ]  || init_fakeroot_db

pending_updates() # none : list of packages
{
    pacman -Qqu --dbpath /tmp/localsync/ | egrep -vi '^(Checking|warning|Remove|Total)' | tr '\n' ' '
}

# Get pending updates in a safe directory
fakeroot pacman -Syy --dbpath /tmp/localsync/ &> /dev/null

packages=`pending_updates`

if [[ -n $packages ]]; then
    mail_body=`mktemp`
    check_news                             >> $mail_body
    mail_summary                           >> $mail_body
    echo "Recent ML chatter: $mail_counts" >> $mail_body
    echo "Pacman updates: $packages"       >> $mail_body
    cat $mail_body |\
        mail -s "Updates available on $(hostname)" $1
fi