[arch-general] Problem updating system

[Axel Müller]

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.