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→‎Customizing the pool

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 ===Customizing the pool===
+The customized pool is saved as <code>/var/lib/pacman-mirrors/custom-mirrors.json</code>
-'''First option'' is using ''--interactive''. It uses your current mirror pool(wether default or custom)
+'''First option''' is using ''--interactive''. It uses your current mirror pool(wether default or custom)
   $ sudo pacman-mirrors -i && sudo pacman -Syy
-'''Second option'' is using ''--interactive --default''. This force the use of the official mirror pool
+'''Second option''' is using ''--interactive --default''. This force the use of the official mirror pool
   $ sudo pacman-mirrors -id && sudo pacman -Syy
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   $ sudo pacman-mirrors -cGermany,France,Austria && sudo pacman -Syy
-With option 1 and 2 pacman-mirrors will process the available mirrors and present you with a list in which you will select your desired mirrors. The resulting mirror pool will be saved to <code>/var/lib/pacman-mirrors/custom-mirrors.json</code> and used every time you run pacman-mirrors.
+Using ''Option 1 and 2'', pacman-mirrors will process the available mirrors and present you with a list in which you will select your desired mirrors. ''Option 3'' creates a pool from the supplied countries. In either case the pool is saved and used and used to generate a mirrorlist.
-Option 3 creates a reliable up-to-date mirrorlist from the mirrors available in the pool.
+====Syncronization status====
+Pacman-mirrors downloads a status file for the default mirror pool. When you want to regenerate your mirrorlist, your custom pool is updated with the info from newly downloaded status file.
+This ensures you will '''always''' use up-to-date mirrors.
 ===Resetting custom pool===