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FS#20032 - [pacman-mirrorlist] Placing ftp.archlinux.org on top (commented of course)

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Erwin Van de Velde (evdvelde) - Wednesday, 30 June 2010, 15:36 GMT
Last edited by Allan McRae (Allan) - Thursday, 01 July 2010, 05:51 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Mirrors
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Very Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
It would be nice to have the following line as first Server line in /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist:
# Server = ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/$repo/os/$arch
Of course preceeded by the warning not to use it as primary sync server if you do not need it, but sometimes it comes in handy when a mirror was badly synced or the mirror's sync was only half-way and you end up with a screwed up system :-) In such cases it is no fun to look for a better mirror, so I use ftp.archlinux.org to get lingering or broken packages correctly. Now I have to copy this line to the top every time the mirrorlist changes. This is a very small request, but I think it only demands a very small effort to do this :-)



Additional info:
* package version(s)
pacman-mirrorlist 20100621-1
This task depends upon

Closed by  Allan McRae (Allan)
Thursday, 01 July 2010, 05:51 GMT
Reason for closing:  Won't implement
Comment by Allan McRae (Allan) - Wednesday, 30 June 2010, 21:54 GMT
ftp.archlinux.org is just a mirror like any other.
Comment by Erwin Van de Velde (evdvelde) - Wednesday, 30 June 2010, 21:59 GMT
Oh... I thought it was the mirror to lead all mirrors :-)
Comment by Allan McRae (Allan) - Thursday, 01 July 2010, 05:51 GMT
Nope. And it is not even the most frequently updated mirror.

Also, the mirrorlist file is not overwritten on upgrade. You do not need to alter it between upgrades if you do not want to.

Closing as won't implement.

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