diff --git a/modules/contrib/pacman.py b/modules/contrib/pacman.py
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+# pylint: disable=C0111,R0903
+
+"""Displays update information per repository for pacman.
+
+Parameters:
+    * pacman.sum: If you prefere displaying updates with a single digit (defaults to "False")
+
+Requires the following executables:
+    * fakeroot
+    * pacman
+"""
+
+import os
+import threading
+
+import bumblebee.util
+import bumblebee.input
+import bumblebee.output
+import bumblebee.engine
+
+#list of repositories.
+#the last one should always be other
+repos = ["core", "extra", "community", "multilib", "testing", "other"]
+
+def get_pacman_info(widget, path):
+    try:
+        cmd = "{}/../../bin/pacman-updates".format(path)
+        if not os.path.exists(cmd):
+            cmd = "/usr/share/bumblebee-status/bin/pacman-update"
+        result = bumblebee.util.execute(cmd)
+    except:
+        pass
+
+    count = len(repos)*[0]
+
+    for line in result.splitlines():
+        if line.startswith(("http", "rsync")):
+            for i in range(len(repos)-1):
+                if "/" + repos[i] + "/" in line:
+                    count[i] += 1
+                    break
+            else:
+                result[-1] += 1
+
+    for i in range(len(repos)):
+        widget.set(repos[i], count[i])
+
+
+class Module(bumblebee.engine.Module):
+    def __init__(self, engine, config):
+        super(Module, self).__init__(engine, config,
+            bumblebee.output.Widget(full_text=self.updates)
+        )
+        self._count = 0
+
+    def updates(self, widget):
+        if bumblebee.util.asbool(self.parameter("sum")):
+            return str(sum(map(lambda x: widget.get(x, 0), repos)))
+        return '/'.join(map(lambda x: str(widget.get(x, 0)), repos))
+
+    def update(self, widgets):
+        path = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+        if self._count == 0:
+            thread = threading.Thread(target=get_pacman_info, args=(widgets[0], path))
+            thread.start()
+
+        # TODO: improve this waiting mechanism a bit
+        self._count += 1
+        self._count = 0 if self._count > 300 else self._count
+
+    def state(self, widget):
+        weightedCount = sum(map(lambda x: (len(repos)-x[0]) * widget.get(x[1], 0), enumerate(repos)))
+
+        if weightedCount < 10:
+            return "good"
+
+        return self.threshold_state(weightedCount, 100, 150)
+
+# vim: tabstop=8 expandtab shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4