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diff --git a/methods/mirror.cc b/methods/mirror.cc
index 5a53d3c81..08a603207 100644
--- a/methods/mirror.cc
+++ b/methods/mirror.cc
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
#include <apt-pkg/sourcelist.h>
#include <fstream>
+#include <algorithm>
#include <iostream>
#include <stdarg.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
@@ -147,6 +148,34 @@ bool MirrorMethod::DownloadMirrorFile(string mirror_uri_str)
return res;
}
+// Randomizes the lines in the mirror file, this is used so that
+// we spread the load on the mirrors evenly
+bool MirrorMethod::RandomizeMirrorFile(string mirror_file)
+{
+ vector<string> content;
+ string line;
+
+ // read
+ ifstream in(mirror_file.c_str());
+ while ( ! in.eof() ) {
+ getline(in, line);
+ content.push_back(line);
+ }
+
+ // randomize
+ random_shuffle(content.begin(), content.end());
+
+ // write
+ ofstream out(mirror_file.c_str());
+ while ( !content.empty()) {
+ line = content.back();
+ content.pop_back();
+ out << line << "\n";
+ }
+
+ return true;
+}
+
/* convert a the Queue->Uri back to the mirror base uri and look
* at all mirrors we have for this, this is needed as queue->uri
* may point to different mirrors (if TryNextMirror() was run)
@@ -313,6 +342,7 @@ bool MirrorMethod::Fetch(FetchItem *Itm)
{
Clean(_config->FindDir("Dir::State::mirrors"));
DownloadMirrorFile(Itm->Uri);
+ RandomizeMirrorFile(MirrorFile);
}
if(AllMirrors.empty()) {