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joaospinto

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Registered: 2007-02-13

Posts: 40

pacman 0kbps

hello guys, i know the archlinux server has been going through a hard time.. but i hadnt read the posts yet when i ran pacman... now it has been stuck for at least 30 minutes... what shall i do to stop pacman and to download from another server? the pacget script seems not to work for me :S
best regards

tomk

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: pacman 0kbps

It's OK to kill it, edit your pacman.conf, and then start again. pacman will pick up where it left off.

_alexmyself

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From: france

Registered: 2005-09-18

Posts: 89

Re: pacman 0kbps

look at /etc/pacman.d, you'll find there mirrors lists for each repo, just put the one you want to use at the top of the list.
ctrl+c to stop console apps

joaospinto

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Registered: 2007-02-13

Posts: 40

Re: pacman 0kbps

ok, and if i add some servers in pacman.conf, when i pacman -Syu the package list wont be got from archlinux's server yeah?

joaospinto

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Registered: 2007-02-13

Posts: 40

Re: pacman 0kbps

alexmyself i knew that , i just didnt know if it was safe... ctrl+z works too i think :X

scarney

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From: Wisconsin, US

Registered: 2006-07-11

Posts: 173

Re: pacman 0kbps

just edit pacman.d for all the mirrors you use/nearest to you. /etc/pacman.d/current  pacman.d/extra  pacman.d/community  pacman.d/unstable.

this brings up a question. there is a pacman.d/release file as well. is that the same as testing? or is it just something planned for future use?

Last edited by scarney (2007-03-28 12:27:10)

joaospinto

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Registered: 2007-02-13

Posts: 40

Re: pacman 0kbps

yeah, i have already done that... pacman running on 800kbps i hope they are up to date... i think they are
TY

Ruckus

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Registered: 2007-02-17

Posts: 204

Re: pacman 0kbps

alexmyself i knew that , i just didnt know if it was safe... ctrl+z works too i think :X

ctrl + z usually just puts the process in the background, does not actually kill it. I realized this on my web server when i closed nano, but hit control + z on accident, ~3 days later the server came to a crawl and a quick top revealed that nano (from a few days ealier) was using 100% cpu.