On 03/13/2010 01:12 AM, Tim wrote: > Raman Gupta: >>> The fact that yum-fastestmirror ignores bandwidth when selecting >>> mirrors is annoying for high bandwidth machines too -- I regularly >>> find that yum selects mirrors which have low latency but whose >>> bandwidth is very poor, which requires a manual update to the exclude >>> list. > > Tony Nelson: >> Type Ctrl-C during a slow download, and then (as it warns) don't type >> it again for at least two seconds. You'll get the next mirror from the >> list. It's a yum thing, and also an artifact of how the download >> library works. > > That's still manual intervention, and only of use when using the command > line. I second the prior proposal that a user ought to be able to > preset their computer to automatically look for another mirror if the > download speed went below a certain threshold. Exactly -- this actually leads to another wish list enhancement... I use the Ctrl-C thing regularly but yum-fastestmirror still persists in using the *same* slow mirror the next time a yum command is run. The smart thing would be to realize that the user doesn't want to use this mirror and remember the decision on the next run. Cheers, Raman -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
