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Update check system for void-packages

void-updates

Script intended to be run daily via cron for finding upstream updates to void-packages. This is just a wrapper around ./xbps-src update-check.

Requirements

  • xbps
  • git

Usage

  1. Create a dedicated user for void-updates which is member of the xbuilder group.

  2. Run a command like the following from the dedicated user's crontab daily:

    void-updates -p 20
    -r https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages.git
    -s /var/cache/void-packages
    -o /srv/http/void-updates