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| -rwxr-xr-x | archsetup | 15 |
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@@ -990,6 +990,21 @@ prerequisites() { --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist EOF + # Run reflector now, not only on the timer. The base image ships the full + # unsorted worldwide mirrorlist (hundreds of mirrors), so the heavy package + # installs below can stall for many minutes on a slow or unresponsive one. + # Curate to a few fast, recently-synced HTTPS mirrors up front, then refresh + # the databases against them. Bounded by `timeout` and non-fatal: reflector's + # own per-probe timeouts cap it, and the base list still works if it can't + # finish, so a flaky mirror-status service never blocks the install. + action="selecting fast mirrors (reflector)" && display "task" "$action" + backup_system_file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist + if timeout 120 reflector @/etc/xdg/reflector/reflector.conf >> "$logfile" 2>&1; then + pacman -Syy >> "$logfile" 2>&1 || error_warn "refreshing databases after reflector" "$?" + else + error_warn "selecting fast mirrors (reflector)" "$?" + fi + action="enabling the reflector timer" && display "task" "$action" (systemctl enable reflector.timer >> "$logfile" 2>&1) || \ error_warn "$action" "$?" |