on 6/20/2007 7:15 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Kam Leo wrote: > >> You do not have to use a mirrorlist or the fastestmirror plugin. You >> can always edit the .repo file and enter (hard code) the URL of >> repository of your choice. > > That seems like a good idea, it seems surprising it doesn't seem to be > recommended anywhere. > > Incidentally, can one have more than one repository "hard-coded". > Or does it just try the first, and bomb out if that doesn't work? > Can one have a repository and a mirror-list? Use the yum fastestmirror plugin. It searches the mirror list and selects the fastest one for you. The closest one is not always the fastest one. I also recommend the yum-skip-broken, yum-merge-conf, and yum-utils plugins. *Read* about how to use them. -- David
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