2 files changed, 16 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/bin/common-functions b/bin/common-functions
index cd115fd..00da63c 100755
--- a/bin/common-functions
+++ b/bin/common-functions
@@ -275,3 +275,18 @@ official_or_community() {
       ;;
   esac
 }
+
+# remove_old_package_versions $package_file
+# removes all other versions of $package_file in the current directory
+
+remove_old_package_versions() {
+
+  local package="$1"
+  local pkgname="${package%-*-*-*.pkg.tar.xz}"
+
+  ls | \
+    grep "^${pkgname//./\\.}\(-[^-]\+\)\{3\}\.pkg\.tar\.xz\(\.sig\)\?\$" | \
+    grep -v "^${package//./\\.}\(\.sig\)\?\$" | \
+    xargs -rn1 rm
+
+}
diff --git a/bin/return-assignment b/bin/return-assignment
index 6ea036a..ea2f09b 100755
--- a/bin/return-assignment
+++ b/bin/return-assignment
@@ -146,11 +146,7 @@ mv *.pkg.tar.xz{,.sig} "${master_mirror_directory}/i686/${destination}/"
 
   # remove old versions of same packages
   for package in "${packages[@]}"; do
-    pkgname="${package%-*-*-*.pkg.tar.xz}"
-    ls | \
-      grep "^${pkgname//./\\.}\(-[^-]\+\)\{3\}\.pkg\.tar\.xz\(\.sig\)\?\$" | \
-      grep -v "^${package//./\\.}\(\.sig\)\?\$" | \
-      xargs -rn1 rm
+    remove_old_package_versions "${package}"
   done
 )