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aur-parallel-upgrade.sh

@@ -22,16 +22,16 @@ my_path=`where_am_i`
 source "$my_path/config.sh"
 ####################### prepare ##########################
 
-function do_install () {
+function _aurpar_do_install () {
     # do_install $package_name
     # NO input, outputs to stderr. 
-    PATH="$my_path:$PATH" yaourt -S --noconfirm "$1" 1>&2
+    sudo -u "$aurpar_aur_user" yaourt -S --noconfirm "$1" 1>&2
     return $?
 }
 
 function get_package_list () {
     # NO input, NO arg. Result outputs to stdout, seprated by '\n'
-    pacman -Sy || return $?
+    pacman -Sy 1>&2 || return $?
     if [[ "$aurpar_config_aur_manager" == "yaourt" ]]; then
         echo n | "$aurpar_config_aur_manager_path" -Su --aur 2>/dev/null | sed 's/\r/\n/g' | grep '^aur/'
         return $?
@@ -45,10 +45,12 @@ function get_package_list () {
 }
 
 pkgs=`get_package_list` || { echo "Failed to get package list. Exiting..." 1>&2; exit $?; }
-
 echo "============ Packages to UPGRADE: "
 echo "$pkgs"
-echo "$pkgs" | parallel --max-procs "$aurpar_config_threads" do_install '{}' || echo "Done. But there is some failure. " 1>&2
+
+export -f _aurpar_do_install
+export aurpar_aur_user
+echo "$pkgs" | SHELL=$(type -p bash) PATH="$my_path:$PATH" parallel --max-procs "$aurpar_config_threads" _aurpar_do_install '{}' || echo "Done. But some package failed to upgrade.  " 1>&2
 
 exit 0
 ############ notes

config.sh

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ aurpar_config_threads=6
 aurpar_config_aur_manager='yaourt'
 # aurpar_config_aur_manager='pakku'
 
+# Username to run aur_manager. It should have password-less sudo, and CAN NOT be root. 
+aurpar_aur_user='recolic'
+
 ########################################################################
 
 # Path of your AUR package manager