Mark, thanks again.
> You need information on *every* package? Not just the ones you use? > Technically > in your script, you can query pacman for the foreign packages, then compare to > an RPC response (and info can take multiple packages, just check the wiki), > then take action on those specific packages. I don't see the need to have > information on every single PKGBUILD on the AUR. yes, my *desire* is to have info on all packages, so i can search locally (especially the descriptions) when wondering what might be available. i don't know if that seems unreasonable, but it is what i was hoping to achieve. and, thanks for reminding me -- i did once know that "info" requests allow multiple packages. there is some limit, though i don't remember what. still, the number of separate RPCs would likely be in the thousands. cheers, Greg
