added pacman

files/aur-local

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+[aur-local]
+SigLevel = Never
+Server = http://pkg.actcur.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch

files/build_mirrorlist.service

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+[Unit]
+Description=Update mirrorlist with pkg server + top 10 mirrors 
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+RemainAfterExit=no
+ExecStart=/bin/bash /scripts/build_mirrorlist.sh
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target

files/build_mirrorlist.sh

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+curl 'https://archlinux.org/mirrorlist/?country=CA&country=US&protocol=http&protocol=https&ip_version=4&use_mirror_status=on)' > /tmp/tempMirrors.list
+sleep 10
+sed -i 's/^#Server/Server/' /tmp/tempMirrors.list
+cat /tmp/tempMirrors.list | grep -e "Server = .*\/[$]repo\/os\/[$]arch" > /tmp/tempMirrors2.list
+mirrors=$(rankmirrors -n 10 /tmp/tempMirrors2.list | grep "Server = ")
+echo "Server = http://pkg.actcur.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch" > /tmp/mirrors.list
+echo "$mirrors" >> /tmp/mirrors.list
+mv /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.old
+mv /tmp/mirrors.list /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

files/build_mirrorlist.timer

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+[Unit]
+Description=Runs build_mirrorlist.service every 36 hours
+
+[Timer]
+# Time to wait after booting before we run first time
+OnBootSec=10min
+# Time between running each consecutive time
+OnUnitActiveSec=36h
+Unit=build_mirrorlist.service
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+

files/pacman.conf

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+#
+# /etc/pacman.conf
+#
+# See the pacman.conf(5) manpage for option and repository directives
+
+#
+# GENERAL OPTIONS
+#
+[options]
+# The following paths are commented out with their default values listed.
+# If you wish to use different paths, uncomment and update the paths.
+#RootDir     = /
+#DBPath      = /var/lib/pacman/
+#CacheDir    = /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
+#LogFile     = /var/log/pacman.log
+#GPGDir      = /etc/pacman.d/gnupg/
+#HookDir     = /etc/pacman.d/hooks/
+HoldPkg     = pacman glibc
+#XferCommand = /usr/bin/curl -L -C - -f -o %o %u
+#XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u
+#CleanMethod = KeepInstalled
+Architecture = auto
+
+# Pacman won't upgrade packages listed in IgnorePkg and members of IgnoreGroup
+#IgnorePkg   =
+#IgnoreGroup =
+
+#NoUpgrade   =
+#NoExtract   =
+
+# Misc options
+#UseSyslog
+#Color
+#NoProgressBar
+CheckSpace
+#VerbosePkgLists
+#ParallelDownloads = 5
+
+# By default, pacman accepts packages signed by keys that its local keyring
+# trusts (see pacman-key and its man page), as well as unsigned packages.
+SigLevel    = Required DatabaseOptional
+LocalFileSigLevel = Optional
+#RemoteFileSigLevel = Required
+
+# NOTE: You must run `pacman-key --init` before first using pacman; the local
+# keyring can then be populated with the keys of all official Arch Linux
+# packagers with `pacman-key --populate archlinux`.
+
+#
+# REPOSITORIES
+#   - can be defined here or included from another file
+#   - pacman will search repositories in the order defined here
+#   - local/custom mirrors can be added here or in separate files
+#   - repositories listed first will take precedence when packages
+#     have identical names, regardless of version number
+#   - URLs will have $repo replaced by the name of the current repo
+#   - URLs will have $arch replaced by the name of the architecture
+#
+# Repository entries are of the format:
+#       [repo-name]
+#       Server = ServerName
+#       Include = IncludePath
+#
+# The header [repo-name] is crucial - it must be present and
+# uncommented to enable the repo.
+#
+
+# The testing repositories are disabled by default. To enable, uncomment the
+# repo name header and Include lines. You can add preferred servers immediately
+# after the header, and they will be used before the default mirrors.
+
+#[core-testing]
+#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
+
+[core]
+Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
+
+#[extra-testing]
+#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
+
+[extra]
+Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
+
+# If you want to run 32 bit applications on your x86_64 system,
+# enable the multilib repositories as required here.
+
+#[multilib-testing]
+#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
+
+#[multilib]
+#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
+
+# An example of a custom package repository.  See the pacman manpage for
+# tips on creating your own repositories.
+#[custom]
+#SigLevel = Optional TrustAll
+#Server = file:///home/custompkgs
+Include = /etc/pacman.d/aur-local

handlers/main.yml

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 ---
 # handlers file for core
+- name: build mirrorlist
+  ansible.builtin.shell: /scripts/build_mirrorlist.sh

tasks/directories.yml

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+---
+# tasks file for directories
+
+- name: ensure scripts exists
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: /scripts
+    state: directory
+

tasks/main.yml

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 ---
 # tasks file for core
+
+- include_tasks: directories.yml
+
+- include_tasks: pacman.yml
+  when: ansible_facts['distribution'] == "Archlinux"
+

tasks/pacman.yml

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+---
+# tasks file for pacman
+
+- name: install pacman-contrib to allow use of rankmirrors
+  ansible.builtin.package:
+    name: pacman-contrib
+    state: present
+  
+- name: create service for building mirrorlist
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    src: files/build_mirrorlist.service
+    dest: /usr/lib/systemd/system/build_mirrorlist.service
+
+- name: deploy timer for building mirrorlist
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    src: files/build_mirrorlist.timer
+    dest: /usr/lib/systemd/system/build_mirrorlist.timer
+
+- name: deploy mirrorlist script
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    src: files/build_mirrorlist.sh
+    dest: /scripts/build_mirrorlist.sh
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: 0744
+  notify: 
+    - build mirrorlist
+
+- name: ensure notify triggers
+  ansible.builtin.meta: flush_handlers
+
+- name: deploy pacman config
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    src: files/pacman.conf
+    dest: /etc/pacman.conf
+
+- name: deploy aur-local config
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    src: files/aur-local
+    dest: /etc/pacman.d/aur-local
+
+- name: ensure timer is running
+  service:
+    name: build_mirrorlist.timer 
+    state: started
+    enabled: yes