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Xorcerer

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From: China

Registered: 2007-03-09

Posts: 15

Lost all servers lists, after sortmirrors.

I have try to use sortmirrors, but after that, all the server list in the files in pacman.d was delete. What is wrong? And how can I recover that.

qlus

Member

From: Tychy, Poland

Registered: 2006-06-15

Posts: 74

Re: Lost all servers lists, after sortmirrors.

This is server list from current

#
# CURRENT: Arch Linux core repository
#
[current]
# North America
#Server = ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/current/os/i686
#Server = ftp://ftp.nethat.com/pub/linux/archlinux/current/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu/pub/linux/distributions/archlinux/current/os/i686
#Server = ftp://mirror.cs.vt.edu/pub/ArchLinux/current/os/i686
#Server = ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/archlinux/current/os/i686
#Server = http://www2.cddc.vt.edu/linux/distributions/archlinux/current/os/i686

# Europe
# -Austria
#Server = ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/archlinux/current/os/i686
# - Belgium
#Server = ftp://ftp.belnet.be/packages/archlinux/current/os/i686
# - Czech Republic
#Server = ftp://ftp.sh.cvut.cz/MIRRORS/arch/current/os/i686
# - Estonia
#Server = ftp://ftp.estpak.ee/pub/archlinux/current/os/i686
# - France
Server = ftp://ftp.rez-gif.supelec.fr/pub/Linux/distrib/archlinux/current/os/i686
Server = ftp://mir1.archlinuxfr.org/archlinux/current/os/i686
Server = ftp://mir2.archlinuxfr.org/archlinux/current/os/i686
Server = ftp://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/archlinux/current/os/i686
Server = http://mirrors.jakimowicz.com/archlinux/current/os/i686
# - Germany
Server = ftp://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/sunsite.unc-mirror/distributions/archlinux/current/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp.hosteurope.de/mirror/ftp.archlinux.org/current/os/i686
# - Great Britain
Server = http://ftp.parrswood.manchester.sch.uk/Mirrors/ftp.archlinux.org/current/os/i686
# - Greece
Server = ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/linux/archlinux/current/os/i686
# - Ireland
Server = ftp://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/ftp.archlinux.org/current/os/i686
# - Italy
Server = ftp://mi.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/archlinux/current/os/i686
# - Netherlands
Server = ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/metalab/distributions/archlinux/current/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp.surfnet.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/archlinux/current/os/i686
# - Norway
Server= ftp://mirror.djzradio.net/archlinux/current/os/i686
# - Poland
Server = ftp://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/site/linux-sunsite/distributions/archlinux/current/os/i686
Server = ftp://mirror.icis.pcz.pl/archlinux/current/os/i686
# - Portugal
Server = ftp://gul.est.ips.pt/repos/archlinux/current/os/i686
Server = ftp://cesium.di.uminho.pt/pub/archlinux/current/os/i686
Server = http://darkstar.ist.utl.pt/archlinux/current/os/i686
# - Romania
Server = ftp://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/mirrors/archlinux.org/current/os/i686
# - Sweden
Server = ftp://ftp.ds.hj.se/pub/linux/distributions/archlinux/current/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp.gigabit.nu/current/os/i686
# - Switzerland
Server = ftp://archlinux.puzzle.ch/current/os/i686
# - Ukraine
Server = ftp://ftp.linux.kiev.ua/pub/Linux/ArchLinux/current/os/i686

# Australia
Server = ftp://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/archlinux/current/os/i686

# Asia
Server = ftp://cle.linux.org.tw/pub/ArchLinux/current/os/i686
Server = http://mirror.vxmatrix.net/ArchLinux/current/os/i686
Server = http://dxmirror.vxmatrix.net/ArchLinux/current/os/i686
Server = http://cncmirror.vxmatrix.net/ArchLinux/current/os/i686

If you want server list for extra, just save it under extra name and change current to extra.
This is sortmirrors "feature", it is cleaning server list without making backup.

Zer0

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From: Windsor, ON, Canada

Registered: 2006-08-25

Posts: 299

Re: Lost all servers lists, after sortmirrors.

I did this same thing myself 2 days ago...  easy fix if your using the abs tree!

sync your abs then you'll find the files in /var/abs/base/pacman

I think sortmirrors is broken.  Search the forums for rankmirrors.. it's better

Xorcerer

Member

From: China

Registered: 2007-03-09

Posts: 15

Re: Lost all servers lists, after sortmirrors.

Thank you. maybe I have to repair it manually.

twiistedkaos

Member

Registered: 2006-05-20

Posts: 666

Re: Lost all servers lists, after sortmirrors.

sortmirrors ahs this known bug and isn't recremended to be used anymore. With pacman3 soon to be released you'll have a script called rankmirriors instead and is much more realiable than sortmirrors.