Difference between revisions of "Pacman-mirrors"

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If you want to reset the list to default run

<pre>$ sudo pacman-mirrors --generate --country all</pre>

===Fasttrack===

First of all, a working internet connection is mandatory. From v4, Pacman-Mirrors will always check if network is online. It is doing so by pinging google with 3 packets. If network is not available you will be so informed and you can rerun with **-m random**.

====Questions====

So, ''pacman-mirrors -f 2'' takes the same time to create /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist as ''pacman-mirrors -f 20''?

'''No'''. ''pacman-mirrors -f 2'' will approx. be '''10x''' faster than ''pacman-mirrors -f 20'' since only 2 mirrors are probed versus 20 mirrors.

So, ''pacman-mirrors -f [n]'' always ranks '''ALL''' mirrors by response time (the same as ''-g'' does) and additionally takes up-to-date mirrors and writes only '''n''' mirrors to the mirrorlist?

'''No'''. ''pacman-mirrors -f [n]'' ranks on a sorted list with known up-to-date mirrors. Thus it is only the first '''n''' mirrors from this list which are actually probed. If you have a list of 30 mirrors which are up-to-date and use ''-f 5'' only the ''top 5 mirrors'' are probed and then sorted after response time.

====To be aware of====

The following arguments '''-c -i -m --geoip''' will not work in conjunction with '''-f'''.

The smaller number of mirrors you choose for your mirrorlist, the possibility of getting a not so responsive mirror increases, since only the first '''n''' in the list are tested, not all of them. A reasonable number would be between 5 and 10.

The force of this approach is, because of the status.json file on repo.manjaro.org, we know forehand if the mirror is up-to-date and thus only have to rank the top n mirrors from the list. The switch does not guarantee you get the n fastest mirrors only that they are responsive and up-to-date. Mirrors which have network errors or times out are not considered at all.

@excalibur1234:

in this case, the name "'''fasttrack'''" actually makes sense, because the tracking process really is faster.

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 If you want to reset the list to default run
 <pre>$ sudo pacman-mirrors --generate --country all</pre>
+===Fasttrack===
+First of all, a working internet connection is mandatory. From v4, Pacman-Mirrors will always check if network is online. It is doing so by pinging google with 3 packets. If network is not available you will be so informed and you can rerun with **-m random**.
+====Questions====
+So, ''pacman-mirrors -f 2'' takes the same time to create /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist as ''pacman-mirrors -f 20''?
+'''No'''. ''pacman-mirrors -f 2'' will approx. be '''10x''' faster than ''pacman-mirrors -f 20'' since only 2 mirrors are probed versus 20 mirrors.
+So, ''pacman-mirrors -f [n]'' always ranks '''ALL''' mirrors by response time (the same as ''-g'' does) and additionally takes up-to-date mirrors and writes only '''n''' mirrors to the mirrorlist?
+'''No'''. ''pacman-mirrors -f [n]'' ranks on a sorted list with known up-to-date mirrors. Thus it is only the first '''n''' mirrors from this list which are actually probed. If you have a list of 30 mirrors which are up-to-date and use ''-f 5'' only the ''top 5 mirrors'' are probed and then sorted after response time.
+====To be aware of====
+The following arguments '''-c -i -m --geoip''' will not work in conjunction with '''-f'''.
+The smaller number of mirrors you choose for your mirrorlist, the possibility of getting a not so responsive mirror increases, since only the first '''n''' in the list are tested, not all of them. A reasonable number would be between 5 and 10.
+The force of this approach is, because of the status.json file on repo.manjaro.org, we know forehand if the mirror is up-to-date and thus only have to rank the top n mirrors from the list. The switch does not guarantee you get the n fastest mirrors only that they are responsive and up-to-date. Mirrors which have network errors or times out are not considered at all.
+ @excalibur1234:
+ in this case, the name "'''fasttrack'''" actually makes sense, because the tracking process really is faster.