pyPKGBUILD from the Arch Linux forum

pkgbuild_reader.sh

#!/bin/sh

if [ -f $1 ]; then
	. $1 
	VARIABLE="pkgname pkgver pkgrel pkgdesc license url md5sums install source arch group provides makedepends conflicts replaces backup depends"
	for VAR in $VARIABLE
	do
		 eval "echo \"$VAR=\${$VAR[@]}\""
	done
fi

pyPKGBUILD.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import os


def parse(file):
    dict = {}
    for line in os.popen('%s/pkgbuild_reader.sh %s' % (os.getcwd(), file)):
        argv, value = line.split('=', 1)
        dict[argv] = value[:-1]

    return dict


if __name__ == '__main__':
    import sys

    dict = parse(sys.argv[1])
    for argv in dict.keys():
        print(argv.rjust(14), ':', dict[argv])