Парсинг описания пакетов pacman

#!/usr/bin/env python
from sys import argv


def parse_desc(filename):
    """Parse pacman description file and return a dictionary"""
    with open(filename) as fds:
        data = fds.read()
    result = dict()
    for i in data.split('\n\n'):
        if not i.strip():
            continue
        key, val = i.split('\n', 1)
        if '\n' in val:
            val = val.split('\n')
        result[key.strip('%')] = val
    return result


if __name__ == "__main__":
    print(parse_desc(argv[1]))

% /tmp/pacman_parse /var/lib/pacman/local/linux-5.2.2.arch1-1/desc
{'NAME': 'linux', 'VERSION': '5.2.2.arch1-1', 'BASE': 'linux', 'DESC': 'The Linux kernel and modules', 'URL': 'https://git.archlinux.org/linux.git/log/?h=v5.2.2-arch1', 'ARCH': 'x86_64', 'BUILDDATE': '1563736664', 'INSTALLDATE': '1563893707', 'PACKAGER': 'Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig) <jan.steffens@gmail.com>', 'SIZE': '81199104', 'GROUPS': 'base', 'LICENSE': 'GPL2', 'VALIDATION': 'pgp', 'DEPENDS': ['coreutils', 'linux-firmware', 'kmod', 'mkinitcpio'], 'OPTDEPENDS': 'crda: to set the correct wireless channels of your country'}