Timothy Murphy wrote:
I understand what he wants.. Maybe a drop-down list in the configuration part of up2date... Then it would save your choices in the /etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources.. Just a GUI to make things easier to new users.... And you wouldnt need to chose the mirror every time...On Thursday 08 January 2004 05:57, Philip Wyett wrote:
While the editing of '/etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources' and using a mirror is
the correct way currently to avoid the high load on Red Hat servers - It
is far from ideal. As a desktop OS looking to gain new users, we really
need local mirror selection via drop-down menu (or whatever) as part of
the update application. Could be time for an RFE. :)
I'm not sure if this is what you are suggesting, but I certainly don't want to go through the rigmarole of choosing a mirror every time I run up2date.
Pedro Macedo
AND, on top of that, at the time you need it most, the RH site which has the list of mirrors is not even able to respond to the link above so that I can get a list of the mirror sites....
-- Fritz Whittington Slow but sure moves the might of the gods. (Euripides, The Bacchae, circa 407 B.C.)
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