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repodb_parser

repodb_parser parses Arch Linux repository DB’s into Rust data structures. The repository DB’s are expected as gzip or xz compressed tar archives (i.e., *.tar.gz or *.tar.xz files) or symbolic links to such files.

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Parses an Arch Linux repository DB and returns the content as array of package meta data structures. The array is sorted by the package name in ascending alphabetical order. parse expects a path to a repository DB file or a symbolic link to such a file. The file must be a gzip or xz compressed tar archive.