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+#!/bin/sh
+# This script is useful to rebuild a package from existing installed files
+# Good for users on slow connections that want to share, say, kdelibs but have
+# already cleaned their cache.  Many other useful things as well
+#
+# TODO check the BACKUP section and change pkgrel if anything has changed
+
+pacinfo ()
+{
+    [ $# -ne 2 ] && return 1
+    #use echo to strip spaces
+    echo $(pacman -Qi ${1} | grep "${2}" | cut -d: -f2-)
+}
+
+make_pkginfo ()
+{
+    echo "# Generated by re-pacman 1.0.0"
+    echo "# On $(date)"
+    echo "pkgname =$(pacinfo ${1} Name)"
+    echo "pkgver =$(pacinfo ${1} Version)"
+    echo "pkgdesc =$(pacinfo ${1} Description)"
+    echo "url =$(pacinfo ${1} URL)"
+    echo "builddate =$(pacinfo ${1} 'Build Date')"
+    echo "packager =$(pacinfo ${1} Packager)"
+    echo "size =$(pacinfo ${1} Size)"
+    echo "arch =$(pacinfo ${1} Architecture)"
+    deps=$(pacinfo ${1} 'Depends On')
+    for d in ${deps}; do
+        echo "depend = ${d}"
+    done
+}
+
+if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
+    echo "usage: re-pacman <installed package name>"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+ver=$(pacinfo ${1} Version)
+if [ "x${ver}" = "x" ]; then
+    echo "Package '${1}' not found, aborting."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo ":: Cleaning up old files"
+rm -f .PKGINFO .FILELIST "${1}-${ver}.pkg.tar.gz"
+
+echo ":: Building PKGINFO"
+make_pkginfo ${1} > .PKGINFO
+echo ":: Building FILELIST"
+pacman -Ql ${1} | cut -d' ' -f2- > .FILELIST
+
+flist=".PKGINFO .FILELIST"
+flist="${flist} $(pacman -Ql ${1} | sed 's|\w* \(.*\)|/\1|g' | grep -v '/$')"
+
+echo ":: Building final package tarball"
+echo ${flist} | tr ' ' '\n' | tar czf "${1}-${ver}.pkg.tar.gz" -T - 2>/dev/null
+
+rm -f .PKGINFO .FILELIST
+echo ":: Package '${1}-${ver}.pkg.tar.gz' is now ready for installation"