PURR - Pacman Ultra Rate Ranker

PURR is a wrapper function for rate-mirrors that provides enhanced mirror management capabilities for Arch Linux systems.

Dependencies

PURR requires rate-mirrors to be installed on your system. Rate-mirrors is the core tool that performs the actual mirror speed testing and ranking. PURR extends its functionality by adding automated backup management, multi-repository support, and enhanced logging capabilities.

Features

• Automatic mirror rating and optimization
• Backup management for mirror lists
• Support for multiple repositories
• Shell-agnostic implementation (works with bash and zsh)
• Logging capabilities
• Quiet mode operation

Installation

git clone https://github.com/majerich/purr.git
cd purr
sudo cp src/purr.sh /usr/local/lib/

Usage

purr [-q] [-l]          # Update mirrors (quiet/logging optional)
purr -s                 # Show available backups
purr -r BACKUP_DATE     # Restore specific backup

Options

• -q: Quiet mode, suppress stdout
• -l: Enable logging to /var/log/rate-mirror.log
• -s: Show available backups
• -r: Restore backup from specified date

License

MIT License - See LICENSE file for details