"Jonathan Underwood" <jonathan.underwood@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:645d17210604080403wbeb4623w67b6a1fafa8928c7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Is there some way to specify a repo "preference" so > > > that the local repos will be used to satisfy dependencies > > > before going to remote repos? > > As another option (see my other post about failovermethod) you could > also install the fastest-mirror plugin, which polls all available > mirrors and then uses the fastest. Presumably your local mirror should > be the fastest and win the race :) > > The fastest-mirror plugin is discussed in this thread here: > https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/pipermail/yum-devel/2005-August/001452.html This suggestion seemed like the quickest way to the goal, so I installed version 0.5-1 and it seemed to be working. But then... :-( I try to install a package (I used stow-1.3.3-3 which is in both the extras repo, and in my local-extras) yum picks the version from extras to install. I checked the timedhosts.txt file created by fastestmirrors, and it has the local-extras repo listed right at the top (sorted by time). My repo is ok I think because if I run yum with "--disable extras" it offers to install from my local-extras. Below is the output of two yum invocations, the first with my local sub-extras repo available but the extras repo disabled. The second is with both available. (What I have been calling local-extras is actually called local-misc below.) I expected and wanted the second to offer to install from local-misc rather than extras. Debug level is 4, and fastestmirror plugin is plugged in. local-misc is small assorted of rpms from extras (and maybe elsewhere) with the repodata created by createrepo. If anyone can devine anything by looking at these I would appreciate very much hearing your thoughts. Maybe I just don't understand the package selection process used by yum? @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Yum with only local-extras (actually called local-misc), i.e. extras disabled. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ # yum --disablerepo extras install stow Loading "installonlyn" plugin Loading "fastestmirror" plugin Running "config" handler for "installonlyn" plugin Running "init" handler for "fastestmirror" plugin Yum Version: 2.6.0 COMMAND: yum Installroot: / Ext Commands: stow Setting up Install Process Setting up repositories local-misc [1/2] Baseurl(s) for repo: ['file:///usr/local/src/dist/fc5/'] local-core [2/2] Baseurl(s) for repo: ['http://inet/fc5'] Running "postreposetup" handler for "fastestmirror" plugin Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile Reading repository metadata in from local files Setting up Package Sacks Reading Local RPMDB Parsing package install arguments No other stow installed, adding to list for potential install reduced installs : stow.noarch 0:1.3.3-3.fc5 Building updates object Resolving Dependencies 1144532128.48 --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. Adding Package stow - 1.3.3-3.fc5.noarch in mode u ---> Package stow.noarch 0:1.3.3-3.fc5 set to be updated --> Running transaction check Running "postresolve" handler for "installonlyn" plugin Dependencies Resolved 1144532128.61 ============================================================================= Package Arch Version Repository Size ============================================================================= Installing: stow noarch 1.3.3-3.fc5 local-misc 42 k Transaction Summary ============================================================================= Install 1 Package(s) Update 0 Package(s) Remove 0 Package(s) Total download size: 42 k Is this ok [y/N]: n Exiting on user Command Complete! /usr/local/src/dist/fc5/repodata# @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Yum with both extras and local-extras (actually called local-misc) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ # yum install stow Loading "installonlyn" plugin Loading "fastestmirror" plugin Running "config" handler for "installonlyn" plugin Running "init" handler for "fastestmirror" plugin Yum Version: 2.6.0 COMMAND: yum Installroot: / Ext Commands: stow Setting up Install Process Setting up repositories local-misc [1/3] Baseurl(s) for repo: ['file:///usr/local/src/dist/fc5/'] local-misc 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 local-core [2/3] Baseurl(s) for repo: ['http://inet/fc5'] local-core 100% |=========================| 1.3 kB 00:00 extras [3/3] Baseurl(s) for repo: ['http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/5/i386/', 'http://mirror.linux.duke.edu/pub/fedora/linux/extras/5/i386/', 'http://mirror.hiwaay.net/redhat/fedora/linux/extras/5/i386/', 'ftp://mirror.newnanutilities.org/pub/fedora/linux/extras/5/i386/', 'http://www.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/fedora.redhat/linux/extras/5/i386/', 'http://mirror.clarkson.edu/pub/distributions/fedora/linux/extras/5/i386/', 'ftp://fedora.mirrors.tds.net/pub/fedora-core-extras/5/i386/', 'ftp://fedora.bu.edu/fedora/extras/5/i386/'] extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 Running "postreposetup" handler for "fastestmirror" plugin Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile Reading repository metadata in from local files Setting up Package Sacks Reading Local RPMDB Parsing package install arguments No other stow installed, adding to list for potential install No other stow installed, adding to list for potential install reduced installs : stow.noarch 0:1.3.3-3.fc5 Building updates object Resolving Dependencies 1144531591.16 --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. Adding Package stow - 1.3.3-3.fc5.noarch in mode u ---> Package stow.noarch 0:1.3.3-3.fc5 set to be updated --> Running transaction check Running "postresolve" handler for "installonlyn" plugin Dependencies Resolved 1144531591.41 ============================================================================= Package Arch Version Repository Size ============================================================================= Installing: stow noarch 1.3.3-3.fc5 extras 42 k Transaction Summary ============================================================================= Install 1 Package(s) Update 0 Package(s) Remove 0 Package(s) Total download size: 42 k Is this ok [y/N]: n Exiting on user Command Complete!Complete!
