using the Arch Linux Archive as a timeless mirror

I previously wrote about how installing packages on Arch Linux can surprisingly require a reboot . After sharing this post I found out about the Arch Linux Archive , which actually stores historical copies of all packages, backed by archive.org. Cool! But kind of impractical to use. Today I introduce my solution: redir-to-ala , which allows you to use the ALA as a normal package repo. Basically,…