FS#71084 - Please don't disable mirrors with a lot of 404 responses
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Pacman
Opened by lilydjwg (lilydjwg) - Tuesday, 01 June 2021, 13:01 GMT
Last edited by Allan McRae (Allan) - Saturday, 12 June 2021, 06:52 GMT
Opened by lilydjwg (lilydjwg) - Tuesday, 01 June 2021, 13:01 GMT
Last edited by Allan McRae (Allan) - Saturday, 12 June 2021, 06:52 GMT
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Summary and Info:
In I configure my system so that pacman downloads package databases (-Sy) from mirrors that sync frequently (and thus know about newer packages) but when actually downloading packages, it tries another mirror first for higher speed, and if not found pacman can try other mirrors until it finds the package. Here there are university mirrors that sync frequently but due to high load and other issues they are not as fast and stable as mirrors from commercial companies. The latter have better networking, are much more stable, but sync much less (mostly once a day). Steps to Reproduce: |
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Closed by Allan McRae (Allan)
Saturday, 12 June 2021, 06:52 GMT
Reason for closing: Duplicate
Additional comments about closing: FS#23407
Saturday, 12 June 2021, 06:52 GMT
Reason for closing: Duplicate
Additional comments about closing: FS#23407
Such cache cannot have all new packages in an update, but still helps immensely on a slow/congested internet connection, without requiring each machine to store all these files separately.
One obvious fix might be to expose "server_error_limit = 3" value in pacman.conf, so that I can disable it for such use-case.