Mirrorlist and Repositories

Kinch · 2011-01-04 05:01:35

I wasn't entirely sure of where to post this. Additionally, it is very possible that this is just a very simple thing that I somehow don't understand. I am trying to learn more about Arch and while the question may seem silly I would appreciate a sincere answer.

I have been messing around with the repos and basically customizing my mirrorlist to meet my own needs. However, there is something I'm not quite sure of. When I first used reflector to get a list of the 5 fastest repos I got something like this:

# 2011-01-03 8:07
# generated by reflector
# ranked by rankmirrors

Server = http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/linux/distributions/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = ....

Now, I have a system that uses i686 compatible programs. Does pacman have a built-in check for file compatibility with the system architecture? Or would I change it to something like below?

# 2011-01-03 8:07
# generated by reflector
# ranked by rankmirrors 

Server = http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/linux/distributions/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
Server = ....

I could have looked at pacman's source but I'm not that familiar with C. I have tried refreshing and re-syncing the repos using pacman -Syy and it does refresh with no problems.

Last edited by Kinch (2011-01-04 05:02:25)

Allan · 2011-01-04 05:07:52

pacman replaces "$arch" with the Architecture specified in pacman.conf. If you use "auto" there, it gets it from "uname".

Kinch · 2011-01-04 05:10:29

Cool beans. Upon closer inspection of pacman.conf that makes a lot of sense.

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#1 2011-01-04 05:01:35

Mirrorlist and Repositories

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Re: Mirrorlist and Repositories

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