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MystKid

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Registered: 2011-01-24

Posts: 55

local mirrorlist

hello guys i would liek to edit the mirrorlist file so if my local mirrorlist (usb device) is plugged it will use that mirror instead if will be unplugged to use the regular mirror
Server = file:///media/2ae73d8b-168b-4273-9df1-c10e83dc3dfe/repository/$repo/os/$arch
Server = http://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
this is the two mirrors i have in my mirrorlist. if i run pacman -Syu without the local mirror plugged in i will get an error liek this:
error: failed retrieving file 'testing.db' from disk : No such file or directory

and then it will automatically jump at the second mirror. what i would liek to do is hide this errors if the device is not plugged in. i am guessing i need a script for this

#!/bin/bash
shopt -s nocaseglob
set -e

if [ ! -d "/media//2ae73d8b-168b-4273-9df1-c10e83dc3dfe/repository/" ]; then
        echo "Using Local Mirror"
Server = file:///media/2ae73d8b-168b-4273-9df1-c10e83dc3dfe/repository/$repo/os/$arch

else
        echo "Using External Mirror"
Server = http://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = http://mirror.rit.edu/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch

fi

ERROR:

# pacman -Syu
error: config file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist, line 2: directive 'shopt -s nocaseglob' in repository section 'testing' not recognized.
error: config file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist, line 2: directive 'shopt -s nocaseglob' in repository section 'core' not recognized.
error: config file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist, line 2: directive 'shopt -s nocaseglob' in repository section 'extra' not recognized.
error: config file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist, line 2: directive 'shopt -s nocaseglob' in repository section 'community' not recognized.
error: config file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist, line 2: directive 'shopt -s nocaseglob' in repository section 'multilib' not recognized.
:: Synchronizing package databases...
error: failed to update testing (no servers configured for repository)
error: failed to update core (no servers configured for repository)
error: failed to update extra (no servers configured for repository)
error: failed to update community (no servers configured for repository)
error: failed to update multilib (no servers configured for repository)
error: failed to synchronize any databases

Last edited by MystKid (2011-03-23 17:24:09)

Mr.Elendig

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Re: local mirrorlist

18:23:37       Mion ╡ MystKid: btw, the mirrorlist is not a bash script
18:24:05       Mion ╡ MystKid: so you would have to wrap pacman and make your script change the mirrolist

edit: or keep 2 different pacman configs, and have your wrapper script tell pacman which to use by the --config flag.

18:34:06       Mion ╡ MystKid: if [ whatever]; then pacman --config /path/to/alternate/config "$@"; else pacman "$@", fi.  ofcourse without the typos, wrong syntax etc

Last edited by Mr.Elendig (2011-03-23 17:37:22)

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MystKid

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Registered: 2011-01-24

Posts: 55

Re: local mirrorlist

i got it :
pac () {
if [ -d /media/2ae73d8b-168b-4273-9df1-c10e83dc3dfe/ ]; then
    sudo pacman --config /home/arch/Scripts/pacman.conf "$@"
else
        sudo pacman "$@"
fi
}

Last edited by MystKid (2011-03-23 20:13:30)