[arch-general] Problem updating system

[Dan McGee]

On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 6:44 AM, Axel Müller <axel-mueller-74 at web.de> wrote:
> 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?

It works in any "Server =" line.

-Dan