How to avoid mirrorlist.pacnew file due to frequent updates?

amish · 2016-04-26 03:58:09

These days pacman-mirrorlist package is updated too frequently. (almost everyday)

Which makes things annoying because on every update it creates mirrorlist.pacnew file

And then every time you need to move it to actual mirrorlist file (with ur preferred mirror un-commented or manually added)

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So can we not have default "uncommented" directive in "mirrorlist" file for example say:

Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.local

(this will store user's own mirrors)

if file does not exist - the line will be ignored.

If file exists then all servers in that file will also be included.

This way users will make modifications in mirrorlist.local file and actual mirrorlist file will remain intact.

This way everytime pacman-mirrorlist package is updated - editing / moving around the mirrorlist file can be avoided.

So please consider.

Thank you.

PS: I am not lazy but it gets annoying when u have to keep updating mirrorlist.pacnew file everyday.

jasonwryan · 2016-04-26 04:01:20

NoExtract would be the obvious move...

circleface · 2016-04-26 04:03:20

That's the one update where I basically just ignore it. It does create the .pacnew file, but I just leave it there and continue to use the same mirror I always do. If my main mirror goes down, I have the .pacnew file that I can easily move into place and select another mirror.

amish · 2016-04-26 05:19:35

jasonwryan wrote:

NoExtract would be the obvious move...

Thanks but thats not what I want. I DO want latest list!

I guess what circleface said is what I should do too. i.e. let pacnew file just lie there.

Last edited by amish (2016-04-26 05:20:26)

graysky · 2016-04-26 05:21:52

+1 for NoExtract ... just use reflector in a script or alias:

% which upp
upp () {
	for i in 1 2 4 8
	do
		reflector -c US -a $i -f 5 -p http -p https -p ftp --sort rate --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.reflector
		if [ $? -eq 0 ]
		then
			cat /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.reflector
			sudo pacman -Syu
			return 0
		else
			echo "something is fucked up"
		fi
	done
}

You will need to create and chown /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.reflector to your user prior to the first time you run it. Also edit /etc/pacman.conf to use the mirrorlist.reflector file you generate.

Last edited by graysky (2016-05-02 09:36:15)

creatid · 2016-04-27 21:13:00

I simply copied my preferred mirrors to the top of the mirrorlist file. Whenever a new version arrives, a quick 'diff' will tell me if any of these are affected (usually not). Copy the list to the new file, rename, done. Quite painless, really.

bernarcher · 2016-04-27 22:01:19

I simply generate a custom mirrorlist using

reflector --country Germany --sort score -f 10 -l 100

from time to time.
The mirrorlist.pacnew file is stored as mirrorlist.orig for reference only.

Trilby · 2016-04-27 22:17:42

amish wrote:

So can we not have default "uncommented" directive in "mirrorlist" file for example say:
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.local

Eh, what? Why ask everyone else to change for you, why not just set up your system the way you want. Add a line to the end of your /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist:

Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.pacnew

The pacnew can be updated every time, and your own settings in mirrorlist will take precidence but the new (pointless commented) changes will also be included.

But considering the caveate in parenteses, I don't see the point of this: you'd be including a fully commented - aka non-functional - file.

eschwartz · 2016-05-02 03:36:56

There is nothing special or awesome about the mirrorlist contained in the pacman-mirrorlist package, a custom mirrorlist generated with reflector is probably always going to be better.

I have a dummy package which provides/conflicts pacman-mirrorlist (along with several other packages that are required, like translations packages).
It's like NoExtract except it doesn't get listed in updates etc.

aexoxea · 2016-05-02 09:21:58

I'd like to second @creatid's approach. I also have my preferred mirrors copied (not moved) near the top of the mirrorlist file and then uncommented, with the rest of the file 'unmodified'. This makes easy work of merging the changes with e.g. pacdiff (part of the pacman package) and your preferred diff program.

graysky · 2016-05-02 09:35:11

You guys are making this too difficult. See my post above.

aexoxea · 2016-05-02 11:19:11

I probably should have noted that I my ISP mirrors the AL repos, hence why I have an interest in setting particular mirrors rather than using reflector.

I'll leave this alone now .

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