Could you include what you're currently using for the various reflector command-line switches? (e.g. --age --protocol --sort ...)
Arch Linux
The beloved lightweight distro
Here's whats in /etc/xdg/reflector/reflector.conf
# Reflector configuration file for the systemd service.
#
# Empty lines and lines beginning with "#" are ignored. All other lines should
# contain valid reflector command-line arguments. The lines are parsed with
# Python's shlex modules so standard shell syntax should work. All arguments are
# collected into a single argument list.
#
# See "reflector --help" for details.
# Recommended Options
# Set the output path where the mirrorlist will be saved (--save).
--save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
# Select the transfer protocol (--protocol).
--protocol https
# Select the country (--country).
# Consult the list of available countries with "reflector --list-countries" and
# select the countries nearest to you or the ones that you trust. For example:
--country Bangladesh,India
# Use only the most recently synchronized mirrors (--latest).
--latest 5
# Sort the mirrors by synchronization time (--sort).
--sort age
Been a while since I mucked with reflector, but you don't seem to be prioritizing faster mirrors whatsoever. Try --sort rate
instead. If that's not fast enough I'd also increase your --latest
up to maybe 15 so that you have higher odds of a fast mirror being in the group of just-updated mirrors.
i believe that is what will be used by reflector if it is enabled/started as a systemd service. but, i think, that'll not be used if you're just calling it on the command-line. in that latter case, i think you must supply (those) command-line switches on ...the command-line. (maybe)
The systemd service is enabled, and when I did actually apply all these in the command line manually too before enabling the service.
ah. now armed with that extra information, i can only profess cluelessness. perhaps a "--verbose" option, well watched, would reveal something (maybe) good luck!
deflector?
A bit off topic:
Normally the mirrors behind the CDN would have decent speeds everywhere, e.g.
- mirror.osbeck.com
- arch.hu.fo
- mirror.sunred.org
These are the top tree mirrors currently on the mirror status and they are all behind cloudflare.