> > Does anyone know why this is? Is the new firefox worth hand > > installation? > > This is the issue with 'mirror-list' - i.e all mirrors don't have the > same files at any given instant. > > And when up2date or yum is configured with a 'mirrorlist' - at each > invocation - it potentially checks a different mirror - hence > the info can be inconsistant. > > Your alternatives are: > > - wait a few hours so that most mirrors get this update > - try running up2date a few times - and hope one of these attempts gets > to a more recent mirror > - Modify your mirrorlist to a better one (so that you don't go to the > opposite end of the globe) - for eg: I use > http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors/updates-released- > fc$releasever.us.east > - Do not use mirrorlist - and just use a favourite mirror closeby. This > way up2date is ALWAYS consistant across multiple invocations. > > BTW: the mirrorlist setting for up2date can be changed by editing > /etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources as in: > yum-mirror updates-released-fc3 http://fedora.redhat.com/download/up2date- > mirrors/updates-released-fc3.us.east > > You can check http://fedora.redhat.com/download/up2date-mirrors/ for a > complete mirror-list for up2date [Tim Holmes wrote] To follow on with this question, I have begun to use yum quite a bit due to some problems with up2date. Is there a similar list and procedure for yum? TIM
