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xdnxgxe9

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Registered: 2009-05-15

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mirrorlist

Can someone please get me a copy of mirrorlist because the rankmirrors script blanked mine and now I can't use pacman.

Thanks.

wonder

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From: Bucharest, Romania

Registered: 2006-07-05

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Re: mirrorlist

why not reinstalling pacman-mirrorlist, fetching from a mirror like ftp.archlinux.org or better from mir.archlinux.org

Last edited by wonder (2009-05-23 16:08:25)

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ozar

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From: USA

Registered: 2005-02-18

Posts: 1,686

Re: mirrorlist

#
# Arch Linux repository mirrorlist
# Generated on 2009-05-09
#

# Australia
#Server = ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = ftp://ftp.iinet.net.au/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = http://ftp.iinet.net.au/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = ftp://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = http://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = ftp://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64

# Austria
#Server = ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64

# Belgium
#Server = ftp://ftp.belnet.be/packages/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = http://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/archlinux.org/$repo/os/x86_64

# Brazil
#Server = http://archlinux.c3sl.ufpr.br/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = ftp://archlinux.c3sl.ufpr.br/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = ftp://ftp.las.ic.unicamp.br/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = http://www.las.ic.unicamp.br/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64

# Bulgaria
#Server = http://archlinux.igor.onlinedirect.bg/$repo/os/x86_64

# Canada
#Server = ftp://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = ftp://mirrors.portafixe.com/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = http://mirrors.portafixe.com/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64

# Chile
#Server = ftp://mirror.archlinux.cl/$repo/os/x86_64

# Czech Republic
#Server = ftp://ftp.sh.cvut.cz/MIRRORS/arch/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = http://ftp.sh.cvut.cz/MIRRORS/arch/$repo/os/x86_64

# Denmark
#Server = ftp://ftp.klid.dk/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64

# Estonia
#Server = http://ftp.estpak.ee/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = ftp://ftp.estpak.ee/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64

# France
#Server = http://mir.archlinux.fr/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = ftp://mir1.archlinuxfr.org/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = http://mir1.archlinuxfr.org/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = ftp://mir2.archlinuxfr.org/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = http://mir2.archlinuxfr.org/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = http://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = ftp://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = ftp://ftp.free.fr/mirrors/ftp.archlinux.org/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = ftp://ftp.rez-gif.supelec.fr/Linux/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64

# Germany
#Server = ftp://ftp.archlinuxppc.org/x86_64/$repo/os/i686
#Server = ftp://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = ftp://ftp.hosteurope.de/mirror/ftp.archlinux.org/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = http://ftp.hosteurope.de/mirror/ftp.archlinux.org/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = ftp://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = http://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = ftp://mirrors.igprolin-online.org/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = ftp://ftp.spline.inf.fu-berlin.de/mirrors/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = http://ftp.spline.inf.fu-berlin.de/mirrors/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = ftp://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = http://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = ftp://ftp.uni-bayreuth.de/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = http://ftp.uni-bayreuth.de/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = ftp://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = http://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = ftp://ftp.wh-stuttgart.net/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64

# Great Britain
#Server = ftp://mirror.lividpenguin.com/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = http://mirror.lividpenguin.com/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.archlinux.org/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = ftp://mirrors.uk2.net/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = http://archlinux.mirrors.uk2.net/$repo/os/x86_64

# Greece
#Server = ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = http://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64

# Hungary
#Server = ftp://ftp.mfa.kfki.hu/pub/mirrors/ftp.archlinux.org/$repo/os/x86_64

# Indonesia
#Server = ftp://archlinux.cbn.net.id/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = http://archlinux.cbn.net.id/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = ftp://mirror.unej.ac.id/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = http://mirror.unej.ac.id/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64

# Ireland
#Server = ftp://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/ftp.archlinux.org/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = http://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/ftp.archlinux.org/$repo/os/x86_64

# Israel
#Server = http://mirror.isoc.org.il/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64

# Italy
#Server = ftp://mi.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = http://mi.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64

# Japan
#Server = ftp://ftp.yz.yamagata-u.ac.jp/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = http://ftp.yz.yamagata-u.ac.jp/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64

# Lithuania
#Server = ftp://atviras.lt/archmirror/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = http://atviras.lt/archmirror/$repo/os/x86_64

# Netherlands
#Server = ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/metalab/distributions/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = http://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/metalab/distributions/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = ftp://ftp.surfnet.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = http://ftp.surfnet.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64

# Norway
#Server = ftp://mirror.archlinux.no/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = http://mirror.archlinux.no/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = ftp://jane.tihlde.org/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = http://jane.tihlde.org/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64

# Poland
#Server = ftp://mirror.icis.pcz.pl/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = ftp://ftp.piotrkosoft.net/pub/mirrors/ftp.archlinux.org/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = http://piotrkosoft.net/pub/mirrors/ftp.archlinux.org/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = ftp://ftp.pwsz.elblag.pl/pub/linux/distributions/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = http://ftp.pwsz.elblag.pl/pub/linux/distributions/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = http://unix.net.pl/archlinux.org/$repo/os/x86_64

# Portugal
#Server = http://cesium.di.uminho.pt/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = ftp://cesium.di.uminho.pt/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = http://darkstar.ist.utl.pt/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = ftp://ftp.nux.ipb.pt/pub/dists/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = http://ftp.nux.ipb.pt/pub/dists/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64

# Romania
#Server = ftp://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/mirrors/archlinux.org/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = http://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/mirrors/archlinux.org/$repo/os/x86_64

# Russia
#Server = http://archlinux.freeside.ru/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = http://mirror.yandex.ru/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = ftp://mirror.yandex.ru/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64

# Sweden
#Server = http://ftp.ds.hj.se/pub/os/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = ftp://ftp.ds.hj.se/pub/os/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = http://ftp.gigabit.nu/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = ftp://ftp.gigabit.nu/$repo/os/x86_64

# Switzerland
#Server = ftp://archlinux.puzzle.ch/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = http://archlinux.puzzle.ch/$repo/os/x86_64

# Turkey
#Server = ftp://ftp.linux.org.tr/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64

# Ukraine
#Server = ftp://archlinux.hell.org.ua/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = http://archlinux.hell.org.ua/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = http://ftp.linux.kiev.ua/pub/Linux/ArchLinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = ftp://ftp.linux.kiev.ua/pub/Linux/ArchLinux/$repo/os/x86_64

# United States
#Server = http://mirror.archlinux.com.ve/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = http://archlinux.unixheads.org/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = http://mirror.cs.vt.edu/pub/ArchLinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = ftp://mirror.cs.vt.edu/pub/ArchLinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = http://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = ftp://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = http://mirrors.gigenet.com/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/linux/distributions/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = ftp://ftp.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/linux/distributions/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = ftp://mirrors.hosef.org/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = http://mirrors.hosef.org/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = ftp://locke.suu.edu/linux/dist/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = ftp://mirror.rit.edu/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = http://mirror.rit.edu/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = http://schlunix.org/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = http://mirror.sourceshare.org/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = http://archlinux.umflint.edu/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = http://mirror.umoss.org/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64

# Venezuela
#Server = http://mirror2.archlinux.com.ve/$repo/os/x86_64

# Vietnam
#Server = ftp://ftp.indochinalinux.com/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = ftp://202.78.230.5/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = ftp://mirror-fpt-telecom.fpt.net/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = http://mirror-fpt-telecom.fpt.net/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64

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oz

fflarex

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Registered: 2007-09-15

Posts: 466

Re: mirrorlist

Rankmirrors probably did not "blank" your file. I'd be willing to bet that you tried to open mirrorlist with rankmirrors and then redirect the output back to the same file. This is a no-no.

xdnxgxe9

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Re: mirrorlist

wonder, ozar: Thanks.

fflarex: Yes that is what I did, and it blanked it.

ozar

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From: USA

Registered: 2005-02-18

Posts: 1,686

Re: mirrorlist

Oops... hope the 64-bit mirrorlist works for you.  Didn't think about that when I posted it! 

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oz

fflarex

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Posts: 466

Re: mirrorlist

I went and looked this up because it was bothering me today. Here is what you would do to open a file for both reading AND writing:

4<>/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist rankmirrors /dev/fd/4 >&4

where you can replace 4 with another number if you want (except that /dev/fd/[0-3] already existed on my system). This syntax is skimmed over or simply omitted from most documentation and tutorials on using the shell, but I can think of a lot of times where it would have been useful if I had known it before.

Last edited by fflarex (2009-05-23 22:27:04)

xdnxgxe9

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Re: mirrorlist

ozar: Lucky you said that; I just did pacman -Syu and it came up with loads of errors so I cancelled. (I use i686).

fflarex: That's interresting, do you think it's possible for the script to be changed to do this automatically?

wonder

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From: Bucharest, Romania

Registered: 2006-07-05

Posts: 5,941

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Re: mirrorlist

i just don't understand why you don't want to do it with pacman

mv /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist_backup
pacman -U ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/core/os/i686/pacman-mirrorlist-20090509-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz

is simple

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fflarex

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Posts: 466

Re: mirrorlist

Of course it would be possible for the script to do it automatically. But I think it was probably a design choice not to overwrite the file by default. Maybe a new option (possibly -i, --in-place like sed's option) would be a good idea, since I've done this exact same thing before.

Rankmirrors is written in python though, and I wouldn't know how to make the changes.

Last edited by fflarex (2009-05-23 22:37:05)

xdnxgxe9

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Re: mirrorlist

wonder: Because I didn't know the full url of the package :S

fflarex: Why would it be intentionally designed to blank the file instead of overwritting it? I think it's more likely they didn't include such a feature the make the script simpler. I will attempt to make the changes myself.

fflarex

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Re: mirrorlist

No no no, you misunderstood. It isn't the script that blanked the file. YOU blanked the file through a misuse of the shell. As a general rule of thumb, you cannot use the same file for input and output simultaneously in a shell command (unless the program is specifically written to do it). The one-liner I gave above circumvents this problem though.

xdnxgxe9

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Re: mirrorlist

When I try to overwrite an existing file with other programs (such as pngcrush) it aborts with an error; rankmirrors just blanked the file.

xdnxgxe9

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Re: mirrorlist

Oh I understand now, I just tried the 4<>/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist rankmirrors /dev/fd/4 >&4 thing and it worked.

I will try to add a -i option to the script.

xdnxgxe9

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Re: mirrorlist

I still think it's rankmirrors fault for blanking my file though.

tomk

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Registered: 2004-07-21

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Re: mirrorlist

Why would it be intentionally designed to blank the file instead of overwritting it?

rankmirrors - read a list of mirrors from a file and rank them by speed

rankmirrors is designed to "do what it says on the tin" i.e. rank mirrors by speed. The only writing it does is to stdout.

xdnxgxe9

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Re: mirrorlist

The tin doesn't say blank my file though does it?

SamC

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Registered: 2008-05-13

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Re: mirrorlist

No, you said to blank your file. If you're going to complain about anything, complain about bash, not rankmirrors. Also you could add

set -o noclobber

to your ~/.bashrc.

Last edited by SamC (2009-05-24 19:48:06)

xdnxgxe9

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Re: mirrorlist

OK it's bash'es fault.

Thanks for the set -o noclobber idea.

Last edited by xdnxgxe9 (2009-05-24 21:29:49)