[Feature] Add option to include fwupd (Firmware updating)

[DarkXero-dev]

Hey @exequtic

As I mentioned in a previous issue, I had some ideas. First one being the ability to enable/disable fwupd updating. Now I know some distros include option in KDE Settings and I do not know how they do that, but option would be great for those who do not have it.

Cheers !

[exequtic]

Your idea isn’t new, there was already #117.
But back then I had a different computer, and there were no devices with available updates.
Now I’ve had two updates and managed to get something done. Since I almost never get firmware updates, you’re going to be the beta tester for this feature :D

[DarkXero-dev]

That's why am here for lol. To contribute ideas. Well I have a thinkpad where I use Topgrade that includes firmware updating so for now no updates. But sure will do what I can to help.

[exequtic]

sudo failed with exit status 2.

This is not an error. According to the fwupdmgr documentation, exit code 2 specifically means "success, but no actions were needed" (i.e., the command ran fine, but there was nothing to update). Exit code 0 is full success with actions, and 1 would be a real failure.

[DarkXero-dev]

@exequtic As usual thanks for the prompt reply. In that case I should say great job well done brother. Did you notice any odd pacman behavior after recent update ? Am getting all sorts of issues like

error: core: missing required signature
error: extra: missing required signature
error: multilib: missing required signature

I have reported it Here

[exequtic]

I think some mirrors don’t provide .db.sig files yet, which is causing these errors. I haven’t run into this myself.