On Mon, 28 Feb 2005, Tim Holmes wrote: > > > 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$releasever.us.east > > - Do not use mirrorlist - and just use a favourite mirror closeby. > This > > way up2date is ALWAYS consistant across multiple invocations. > > > > BTW: the mirrorlist setting for up2date can be changed by editing > > /etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources as in: > > yum-mirror updates-released-fc3 > http://fedora.redhat.com/download/up2date- > > mirrors/updates-released-fc3.us.east > > > > You can check http://fedora.redhat.com/download/up2date-mirrors/ for a > > complete mirror-list for up2date > > > [Tim Holmes wrote] > To follow on with this question, I have begun to use yum quite a bit due > to some problems with up2date. Is there a similar list and procedure > for yum? Yes - all the same issues hold good for yum. The default mirror list - for each repository is already set in your yum config files. For eg: - for updates - you'll have in /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-updates.repo: [updates-released] #baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/$releasever/$basearch/ mirrorlist=http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors/updates-released-fc$releasever You can change the above mirrorlist to: mirrorlist=http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors/updates-released-fc$releasever.us.east [or comment out mirrorlist - and use a single mirror for updates] The complete list is at the above url - i.e http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors The up2date icon on the kde taskbar uses 'up2date' - hence it depends upon up2date config [i.e /etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources] - so unless you use the same SINGLE url for both up2date an yum [i.e no mirrorlist] - You'll still have the same issue with the up2date icon potentially turning 'red' - but yum saying there are no updates yet. Satish
