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graysky

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Registered: 2008-12-01

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which server in /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist pulls down the package list

Basically, I have the top 5 servers via /usr/bin/rankmirrors however, according to mirrorcheck none of the are up-to-date.  If I manually add a server that has been updated and do a pacman -Syy I suddenly have tons of new packages to download.  Is it the first server in the list that pacman uses to grab the package index file or...?

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Bregol

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Registered: 2008-08-15

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Re: which server in /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist pulls down the package list

Yes, pacman will use the first server on the list, unless it times out trying to talk to the server, in which case it moves on to the next in the list. 

What I actually would recommend is to use something like this to grab a recent mirror that works quick for you.  Reflector is in AUR.

sudo reflector -h 1 -f 5 -o /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.ranked

This looks for places updated in the last hour and gives you the fastest 5 of those.

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