From b441f5b7d2432fc1c2e8a097c3c767f7cc1e4118 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: codefiles <11915375+codefiles@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2026 18:36:38 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add constant for mirrorlist

---
 archinstall/lib/installer.py             | 11 +++++++----
 archinstall/lib/mirror/mirror_handler.py |  3 ++-
 archinstall/lib/pathnames.py             |  1 +
 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/archinstall/lib/installer.py b/archinstall/lib/installer.py
index 463901fea6..ff56e2e11b 100644
--- a/archinstall/lib/installer.py
+++ b/archinstall/lib/installer.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 from archinstall.lib.packages.packages import installed_package
 from archinstall.lib.pacman.config import PacmanConfig
 from archinstall.lib.pacman.pacman import Pacman
-from archinstall.lib.pathnames import PACMAN_CONF
+from archinstall.lib.pathnames import MIRRORLIST, PACMAN_CONF
 from archinstall.lib.plugins import plugins
 from archinstall.lib.translationhandler import tr
 
@@ -565,9 +565,12 @@ def set_mirrors(
 				if result := plugin.on_mirrors(mirror_config):
 					mirror_config = result
 
-		root = self.target if on_target else Path('/')
-		mirrorlist_config = root / 'etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist'
-		pacman_config = root / PACMAN_CONF.relative_to_root()
+		if on_target:
+			mirrorlist_config = self.target / MIRRORLIST.relative_to_root()
+			pacman_config = self.target / PACMAN_CONF.relative_to_root()
+		else:
+			mirrorlist_config = MIRRORLIST
+			pacman_config = PACMAN_CONF
 
 		repositories_config = mirror_config.repositories_config()
 		if repositories_config:
diff --git a/archinstall/lib/mirror/mirror_handler.py b/archinstall/lib/mirror/mirror_handler.py
index 66e9d8c84d..aab85fce88 100644
--- a/archinstall/lib/mirror/mirror_handler.py
+++ b/archinstall/lib/mirror/mirror_handler.py
@@ -6,12 +6,13 @@
 from archinstall.lib.models.mirrors import MirrorStatusEntryV3, MirrorStatusListV3
 from archinstall.lib.networking import fetch_data_from_url
 from archinstall.lib.output import debug, info
+from archinstall.lib.pathnames import MIRRORLIST
 
 
 class MirrorListHandler:
 	def __init__(
 		self,
-		local_mirrorlist: Path = Path('/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist'),
+		local_mirrorlist: Path = MIRRORLIST,
 		offline: bool = False,
 		verbose: bool = False,
 	) -> None:
diff --git a/archinstall/lib/pathnames.py b/archinstall/lib/pathnames.py
index 7af5be6f2d..542719e111 100644
--- a/archinstall/lib/pathnames.py
+++ b/archinstall/lib/pathnames.py
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@
 from archinstall.lib.linux_path import LPath
 
 ARCHISO_MOUNTPOINT: Final = Path('/run/archiso/airootfs')
+MIRRORLIST: Final = LPath('/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist')
 PACMAN_CONF: Final = LPath('/etc/pacman.conf')