Ed Greshko wrote:
Joshua Andrews wrote:
Ed Greshko wrote:
Joshua Andrews wrote:
More to the subject; I keep getting the same slow-as-molasses
mirror every time I run yum. Is there a way to be more geo-spacific
about the choice of mirror servers?
Is yum-fastestmirror plugin installed?
Ed,
You and Michael Swendt(?) Are a couple of people whom I thought
would respect my perspective however if you have the inside info on
the really coool new fastestest mirror patch then I will forgive you
your prolix.
So do I just do; `yum install the fastest coolest mirror`?
The shortened form of the command is...
yum install yum-fastestmirror
[root@f8 ~]# rpm -qi yum-fastestmirror
Name : yum-fastestmirror Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version : 1.1.10 Vendor: Fedora Project
Release : 1.fc8 Build Date: Fri 04
Jan 2008 02:38:15 AM CST
Install Date: Fri 18 Jan 2008 02:17:04 PM CST Build Host:
ppc4.fedora.phx.redhat.com
Group : System Environment/Base Source RPM:
yum-utils-1.1.10-1.fc8.src.rpm
Size : 7607 License: GPL
Signature : DSA/SHA1, Tue 15 Jan 2008 02:41:48 AM CST, Key ID
b44269d04f2a6fd2
Packager : Fedora Project
URL : http://linux.duke.edu/yum/download/yum-utils/
Summary : Yum plugin which chooses fastest repository from a
mirrorlist
Description :
This plugin sorts each repository's mirrorlist by connection speed
prior to downloading packages.
FWIW, I used to take Prolix but it gave me an upset stomach.....
FWIW, taking prolix wont do much to unsettle (or settle) anything but
even though I did not believe it, it is true, you can install the yum
fastestest coolest package just as you recommended. That is cooler! I
did it. I kind of wanted a way to use the Geo-IP db or something but if
it works I'm satisfied for now.
thanks,
- Joshua
