[pacman-dev] pacman.conf possible changes

[Dan McGee]

I've included a patch to clean up pacman.conf a bit and move the
instructions it provides at the top to a more applicable position in
the file.

I removed most of the NoUpgrade lines in the file because all of these
files are already protected by their respective packages (at least in
Arch, and I would assume in Frugal as well).

I also moved the comment about reordering the mirrors to right above
where the server lists are specified. I removed the reference to
sortmirrors for two reasons- it isn't in the current pacman CVS, and I
am working on a script that may do the job slightly better and not
delete mirrors as the current script does (Flyspray #2952). It is
based off the script noted in the bug report that was posted in the
forums.

Dan

--- pacman-lib.orig/etc/pacman.conf.in	2006-11-15 15:22:46.000000000 -0500
+++ pacman-lib/etc/pacman.conf.in	2006-12-05 18:06:23.000000000 -0500
@@ -1,16 +1,6 @@
 #
 # /etc/pacman.conf
 #
-# NOTE: If you find a mirror that is geographically close to you, please
-#       move it to the top of the server list, so pacman will choose it
-#       first.
-#
-# To re-sort your mirror lists by ping/traceroute results, use the
-# /usr/bin/sortmirrors.pl script.  It requires the "netselect" package.
-#
-#     # sortmirrors.pl </etc/pacman.conf >pacman.conf.new
-#
-
 # See the pacman manpage for option directives

 #
@@ -18,42 +8,40 @@
 #
 [options]
 LogFile     = /var/log/pacman.log
-NoUpgrade   = etc/passwd etc/group etc/shadow etc/sudoers
-NoUpgrade   = etc/fstab etc/raidtab etc/mdadm.conf etc/ld.so.conf
-NoUpgrade   = etc/inittab etc/rc.conf etc/rc.local
-NoUpgrade   = etc/modprobe.conf etc/modules.conf
-NoUpgrade   = etc/lilo.conf boot/grub/menu.lst etc/mkinitrd.conf
 HoldPkg     = pacman glibc
 #XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u

 #
 # REPOSITORIES
 #   - can be defined here or included from another file
-#   - pacman will search repositories in the order defined here.
+#   - pacman will search repositories in the order defined here
 #   - local/custom mirrors can be added here or in separate files
-#
+#   - to add a preferred server, place it before an Include directive or first
+#     in the included file
+#
+# NOTE: If you find a mirror that is geographically close to you, please move
+# it to the top of the server list, so pacman will choose it first. By default
+# mirror lists are located in /etc/pacman.d/
+#
+

 #[testing]
 #Server = ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/testing/os/i686

 [current]
-# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
 Include = /etc/pacman.d/current

 [extra]
-# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
 Include = /etc/pacman.d/extra

-#[unstable]
-# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
-#Include = /etc/pacman.d/unstable
-
 [community]
-# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
 Include = /etc/pacman.d/community

-# An example of a custom package repository.  See the pacman manpage for
-# tips on creating your own repositories.
+#[unstable]
+#Include = /etc/pacman.d/unstable
+
+# See the pacman manpage for tips on creating your own repositories.
 #[custom]
 #Server = file:///home/custompkgs