[SOLVED] rate-arch-mirrors: client-side map-aware tool

[westandskif]

Hello everyone!

I've built an alternative to Reflector, which:
- knows something about internet infrastructure (submarine cables and at least numbers of internet exchanges per country)
- doesn't spend eternity on trying to load a file of a fixed size from a half-dead mirror
- knows when the speed has stabilized and is able to stop a speed test
- tests concurrently during the phase #1, where dirty checks occur
- re-tests top N mirrors - phase #2
- is ok to run before each system update.

Links:
- https://github.com/westandskif/rate-arch-mirrors
- AUR rate-arch-mirrors-bin - pre-built binary with statically linked musl
- AUR rate-arch-mirrors - needs rust, dynamically links glibc

This is an example of output: github gist

Any feedback is much appreciated!

[erikdubois]

Well I have a question

Can we have a switch (might be there already) to just write (-w) the result to /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist?
Having a config file somewhere is most of the time very helpful to read and adjust all the options.

[erikdubois]

We created an alias to test it out.

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sudo pacman -S rate-arch-mirrors-bin

alias mirrorr="rate-arch-mirrors | sudo tee /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist"

[westandskif]

Hi!
Thank you very much for recording the video on this!

Can we have a switch (might be there already) to just write (-w) the result to /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist?
Having a config file somewhere is most of the time very helpful to read and adjust all the options.

Sure, I'll add ``--save`` option and let you guys know - https://github.com/westandskif/rate-arc ... s/issues/2

[TomInTheDungeon]

Tried it, LOVED IT! Much faster than "mirror", finds available and fast sites. Thanks to both of you for making this available!

[TomInTheDungeon]

I had to reinstall ArcoLinuxS...what happened to mirrorr??? I even reinstalled rate-mirrors-bin, put the alias in .bash-personal AND .bashrc, and source ./.bashrc to refresh. When I type "mirrorr" into the terminal, it replies with bash: rate-arch-mirrors: command not found.
***Erik: Also a request...PLEASE put "mirrorr" in .bashrc permanently.***

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[tom@Big ~]$ yay -S rate-mirrors-bin
[sudo] password for tom: 
warning: rate-mirrors-bin-0.9.0-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

Package (1)                             Old Version  New Version  Net Change  Download Size

arcolinux_repo_3party/rate-mirrors-bin  0.9.0-1      0.9.0-1        0.00 MiB       3.08 MiB

Total Download Size:   3.08 MiB
Total Installed Size:  7.68 MiB
Net Upgrade Size:      0.00 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] 
:: Retrieving packages...
 rate-mirrors-bin-0.9.0-1-x86_64
(1/1) checking keys in keyring 
(1/1) checking package integrity
(1/1) loading package files
(1/1) checking for file conflicts 
(1/1) checking available disk space 
:: Processing package changes...
(1/1) reinstalling rate-mirrors-bin
:: Running post-transaction hooks...
(1/1) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate...
[tom@Big ~]$ rate-mirrors-bin
bash: rate-mirrors-bin: command not found
[tom@Big ~]$ rate-arch-mirrors-bin
bash: rate-arch-mirrors-bin: command not found
[tom@Big ~]$ mirrorr
bash: mirrorr: command not found
[tom@Big ~]$ rate-mirrors-bin-0.9.0-1
bash: rate-mirrors-bin-0.9.0-1: command not found

[erikdubois]

We have added an alias to our OS some months ago

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alias ram='rate-mirrors --allow-root arch | sudo tee /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist'

Install the correct application

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sudo pacman -S rate-mirrors-bin

Ps we never had mirrorr - must be you alias

Ps the correct command is "rate-mirrors"

[TomInTheDungeon]

Thanks Erik. I got the alias from the section just above your video in this post. Might be a good time for an edit, so as not to mislead others who appreciate this addition to Arco, which actually, you just did!

[erikdubois]

There will be always changes over time.
Going back to all things published and changing them is not possible.
Name changes are that uncommon and with common sense people will make the association.