updatecmd_freedesktop()
{
	local pname=$1
	local archive
	local subdir
	local tarballname

	[[ -z ${pname} ]] && die "give me a \$PNAME"
	[[ ! -z $2 ]] && archive="$2"
	[[ ! -z ${UP2SUBDIR} ]] && subdir="/${UP2SUBDIR}"
	tarballname="${pname}"
	[[ ! -z ${UP2TARBALL} ]] && tarballname="${UP2TARBALL}"

	# exclude rc versions!
	updatecmd "http://${pname}.freedesktop.org/releases${subdir}" | grep ${tarballname}- | grep -v rc[0-9] | highesttarball "${archive}"
}