On Fri, 2005-04-15 at 09:19 -0600, Robin Laing wrote: > Paul Howarth wrote: > > Scott Becker wrote: > > > >> Now I'm trying to download a src rpm using 'up2date --get-source > >> postgresql' and I get either a file not found or an apparent success > >> but an empty file. > > > > > > This is probably due to: > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=141289 > > > >> [main] > >> cachedir=/var/cache/yum > >> debuglevel=2 > >> logfile=/var/log/yum.log > >> pkgpolicy=newest > >> distroverpkg=redhat-release > >> tolerant=1 > >> exactarch=1 > >> retries=20 > >> obsoletes=1 > >> gpgcheck=1 > >> > >> # PUT YOUR REPOS HERE OR IN separate files named file.repo > >> # in /etc/yum.repos.d > >> > >> It looks like I can modify the files an /etc/yum.repos.d to make it > >> use rh instead of the mirrors. > > > > > > You'd be better off finding the mirror that gives you the best response > > and using that. It almost certainly won't be download.fedora.redhat.com. > > > > Paul. > > > > Look at the mirrors list and try each one and see which is faster and > then try to use them normally. With the way our network is > configured, I have to use a mirror across the country as this is where > our Internet connection is located. :( > > We do mirror some of sites here. > > For me, I have found that the ftp sites are faster than the www sites. > > Some days it is just slow. > -- > Robin Laing > I use a terminal window with up2date -u as root It gives the mirror, and if it's 1/2 way around the world or it seems to hang or be slow I just hit Ctrl + c to kill it, hit the up arrow for the command line again and hit enter. It seems to take 3 or less tries for a good one. Tim... -- "because their minds are without obscuration, they are without fear" >From The Heart Sutra - Cir. 500 B.C. (Christian calender)
