>$ pacman -Qi nomirrorlist >Description : Dummy package to replace pacman-mirrorlist >Provides : pacman-mirrorlist >Depends On : pacman reflector >Conflicts With : pacman-mirrorlist >Replaces : pacman-mirrorlist > > >I have a dedicated personal package to force resolution to it rather >than the official mirrorlist; I then have the freedom to make it >generate a mirrorlist in post_install, or at least provide the file >itself as a backup file with a randomly chosen mirror that at least works.
That seems like the sanest compromise and there's already a package in the AUR: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/reflector-nomirrorlist/ Thanks!