1 .TH AUR.PKGLIST 1 2022-09-13 AURUTILS
3 aur\-pkglist \- retrieve AUR metadata archives
13 retrieves metadata archives from the AUR, stored as
15 repositories. The archives include an array of package names
16 .RB ( pkgnames.git/pkgname.json ),
18 .RB ( users.git/users.json ),
21 .RB ( pkgbases.git/pkgbase.json ).
22 Other metadata is available through
23 .RB ( metadata.git/pkgname.json ,
24 .BR metadata.git/pkgbase.json ).
27 .B doc/git\-archive.md
30 source tree for detailed information on these formats.
33 defaults to retrieving
34 .BR pkgnames.git/pkgname.json .
38 .BR \-b ", " \-\-pkgbase
40 .BR pkgbases.git/pkgbase.json .
43 .BR \-n ", " \-\-pkgname
45 .BR pkgnames.git/pkgname.json .
51 .BR users.git/users.json .
56 .BR metadata.git/pkgname.json .
61 .BR metadata.git/pkgbase.json .
70 print each entry separated by a newline.
72 .SS List retrieval options
74 .BR \-q ", " \-u ", " \-\-quiet
75 Update the package list and print its path to standard output.
78 .BR \-Q ", " \-\-systime
79 Use the system clock when verifying the list modification date (see
81 This option should only be used when the clock is synchronized, for example with
82 NTP. If this option is not specified, new revisions are retrieved with
89 A positive integer specifying the delay in seconds for retrieving list upgrades with
91 A negative integer skips upgrades, regardless of
97 New lists are generated by the AUR every 10 to 15 minutes. Setting smaller
100 will thus not give any new results.
105 .B git\-gc \-\-aggressive
106 after updating metadata archives.
111 The URI of the AUR endpoint. Defaults to
112 .IR https://\:aur.archlinux.org .
116 The parent URI for metadata archives. Defaults to the value of
121 The parent directory where metadata archives are stored. Defaults to
122 .IR $XDG_STATE_HOME/aurweb\-archive .
125 .B GIT_HTTP_USER_AGENT
126 This variable is set to
130 To improve performance of archive updates,
132 tasks can be run periodically. Similarly, disk usage can be decreased with
135 .BR git\-maintenance (1)
136 for details. Alternatively,
137 .BR git\-fetch can be run periodically with
139 This option assumes a correctly configured (NTP-synchronized) clock.
141 The following threads provide more background on the AUR metadata archives:
143 .UR https://\:gitlab.archlinux.org/\:archlinux/\:aurweb/\:-/\:issues/\:172
144 RFC for new AUR Metadata Archives format + diffs
147 .UR https://lists.archlinux.org/pipermail/aur-general/2021-November/036659.html
148 [aur\-general] New AUR Metadata Archives
151 .UR https://\:lists.archlinux.org/\:pipermail/\:aur-dev/\:2016-May/\:004036.html
152 [aur\-dev] Making the package list more useful
165 .MT https://github.com/AladW
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