Arch Linux

Description:

Use case: I have limited bandwidth in the countryside. At the moment of this writing, I can't surf the Web while I update the system.

You can set custom download commands in the configuration file, but they are not as nicely integrated as the default one. I guess you are using wget or curl as a library.

My request is about adding the "--limit-rate" flag of wget/curl to pacman and transfer it to the library call. I would be more convenient than editing the configuration file each time I download from here, while not affecting the readable pacman output.

Additional info:
* pacman 3.4.1-1
* My try at reproducing the default output of pacman:

XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --limit-rate=40k --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u

But it would print the whole conversation with the server. "--quiet" would suppress it but the progress bar too.

Steps to reproduce:

I could welcome you here but it would be an expensive travel for a minor request. ;-)