On Wed, 2005-05-04 at 07:54 +0800, John Summerfied wrote: > Paul Howarth wrote: > > >>apt-get works well and I run it nightly in a cron job to download from a > >>local mirror. It's easy to configure apt-get to use a particular mirror, > >>and the initial configuration is done at install time. > >> > >>I've not discovered a good way to make yum download "hands off." I > >>_could_ make it download and install, but that's not my style. I like to > >>control when updates go in. > >> > >>By default, yum uses a selection of mirrors in convenient locations such > >>as .fi. .il and goodness knows where else. I'm in Australia, and there > >>are few locations further away than those. > > > > > > It's very easy to make yum use a local mirror. I do this both at home at > > at work. Just point each repo at your local mirror using the "baseurl" > > directive in your yum repository configuration instead of using the > > default mirrorlist. > > It may be "very easy" but only when you know how. I've installed a few > Debian systems, and it's impossible to avoid the opportunity to choose a > local mirror. > > First, it asks "What country..." and that promptly weeds out .fi, .il, > .ru and .mx. > > In contrast, nothing in FC asked me what to use, and I've not seen any > documentation on the topic. Nor, it happens, do I know a near-by mirror. > > It seems some of the mirrors used by Yum are beorkn - I often get 404 > errors. > > I'm not a fan on Yum. You can find a list of mirrors organised geographically at: http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors.html An example of how to set up your own mirrorlist: http://fedoranews.org/tchung/yum-mirrorlist/ The Fedora installer, in contrast to Debian's, asks as few questions as it can reasonably get away with. For some people this is an advantage, and for others it's a disadvantage. Cheers, Paul. -- Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
