Add systemd timer instructions for mirrors

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
62/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
shell
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Open https://wiki.almalinux.org/Mirrors.html and review the existing crontab instructions, especially the line containing %. Add an alternative systemd timer procedure that addresses the confusion described in issues 275 and 277, then verify that the page clearly explains both approaches.

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Description

bug

https://wiki.almalinux.org/Mirrors.html

Due to some confusion with the crontab line using a %, which behaves differently outside of a cron, we need to add an alternative way to do this via a systemd timer.

Example instances of confusion:

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