Helper.sh There is an error yay Because it runs from root. Need in Helper.sh swap sudo pacman and yay. Example as it should be: function downdependencies () { PACPKGS=$1 AURPKGS=$2 yay -Syu --needed - < $AURPKGS || true sudo pacman -Syu --needed - < $PACPKGS || true } If it doesn't fix it yay will run from root, yay should be before sudo pacman

[zxvcutes]

[Ascaniolamp]

This is the helper.sh script snippet you're referring to:

function downdependencies () {
	PACPKGS=$1
	AURPKGS=$2

	sudo pacman -Syu --needed - < $PACPKGS || true
	yay -Syu --needed - < $AURPKGS || true
}

Yay isn't being sudo-ed, its line is being executed after sudo-ing pacman, which doesn't affect sudo. Neither is the helper.sh script being executed using superuser privileges.

Did you mean something else or am I getting this wrong?
Did you incur into the bug yourself or were you just checking the scripts?