Dotpac
dotpacAUR (AUR) helps you get rid of /{boot,etc}/*.pac* files
This simple script was written to speed up dealing with Pacnew and Pacsave files. Doing so manually almost daily (via find, diff, vi, mv, rm) was tiring and open to mistake.
It may additionally be more helpful to newbies who do not know where these files came from, as it explains why pacman creates them.
Usage
All that is needed is to run dotpac
and go through the few dialogs. Don't worry, dotpac will not do anything without your explicit command. Also please note that it does not offer automagic merging of *.pac* files with their working equivalents.
Opinions, suggestions, ideas, bug reports are welcome.