Parallel pacman downloading and reflector

[Ataraxy]

I would like to use powerpill for parallel pacman downloading.

The go-to tool seems to be `powerpill`, which requires `reflector`

`reflector` is apparently an `any` archicture and `Community` package, but:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '$') sudo pacman -S reflector
error: target not found: reflector

[karog]

reflector is just a python script.

Follow the Upstream URL from here then src/ on that page.

[Ataraxy]

How would I go about requesting a package be built for it?

(Given it's a script, I'm surprised that the package was *disabled* for ARM)

[Ataraxy]

!!! Don't actually do this!!!

I found out that most mirrors don't carry ARM packages, and currently reflector doesn't allow filtering by architecture

!!! Don't actually do this!!!

Here's how I built Arch package 'reflector' for ARM:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'sudo pacman -S --noconfirm --needed base-devel
mkdir reflector && cd reflector
curl https://git.archlinux.org/svntogit/community.git/plain/trunk/PKGBUILD?h=packages/reflector > PKGBUILD
makepkg -si --noconfirm')

!!! Don't actually do this!!!

If you break your mirrorlist (like I did): viewtopic.php?f=57&t=14050#p62692

[Ataraxy]

Here's what needs to be done before reflector can support ARM:

viewtopic.php?f=8&t=14662