Am Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:41:05 +0530 schrieb Shridhar Daithankar: > Following is my /etc/pacman.conf > ----------------------------------------------------------- [options] > HoldPkg=pacman glibc > SyncFirst=pacman > > [core] > #Include=/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist > Server=ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64 > > [extra] > #Include=/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist > Server=ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64 > > [community] > #Include=/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist > Server=ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64 > ----------------------------------------------------------- I tried to look this up but didn't find any info on this: Does the $repo variable work at all, when used in pacman.conf itself, or does it only work in a mirrorlist? So maybe replacing "$repo" with the corresponding repo name would work - or use the include and place your preferred mirror (with the $repo variable) as the first position in /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.
