Hi guys,
I'm trying to figure out something wherein excluded repositories for the yum-fastestmirror plugin are still being used by the system.
To illustrate:
[root@sales ~]# cat /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/fastestmirror.conf [main] enabled=1 verbose=0 socket_timeout=3 hostfilepath=/var/cache/yum/timedhosts.txt maxhostfileage=10 maxthreads=15 #exclude=.gov, facebook exclude=maulvi, .gov.ph, .vn
(Note the name of mirrors that I am trying to exclude)
However, when I run yum, this is what I get:
[root@sales ~]# yum update Loaded plugins: fastestmirror Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile Excluding mirror: mirror.pscigrid.gov.ph Excluding mirror: mirror.viethosting.vn * addons: centos.maulvi.net Excluding mirror: mirror.pscigrid.gov.ph Excluding mirror: mirror.viethosting.vn * base: centos.maulvi.net Excluding mirror: mirror.pscigrid.gov.ph Excluding mirror: mirror.viethosting.vn * extras: centos.maulvi.net * rpmforge: fr2.rpmfind.net Excluding mirror: centos.maulvi.net * updates: mirror.viethosting.vn Setting up Update Process No Packages marked for Update [root@sales ~]#
If you notice, centos.maulvi.net is still being used despite me putting it on the exclude list of the fastestmirror config. Also, the behavior does not seem to be consistent as on another repo (updates), the previously excluded mirror.viethosting.vn is used.
Any pointers on what I could be doing wrong? or is this a bug?
Thanks!
Regards, Matt
On Fri, 2010-08-06 at 16:48 +1000, Matt Arnilo S. Baluyos (Mailing Lists) wrote:
Hi guys,
I'm trying to figure out something wherein excluded repositories for the yum-fastestmirror plugin are still being used by the system.
To illustrate:
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#exclude=.gov, facebook exclude=maulvi, .gov.ph, .vn
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Like so: exclude=mirror.pscigrid.gov. ph mirror.viethosting.vn
I never use fastest mirror but I'm sure it is like the main yum exclude cantation, (no spaces). man yum.conf for more info?
John
On 08/06/2010 08:29 AM, JohnS wrote:
I'm trying to figure out something wherein excluded repositories for the yum-fastestmirror plugin are still being used by the system.
I never use fastest mirror but I'm sure it is like the main yum exclude cantation, (no spaces). man yum.conf for more info?
The actual example shipped in the config file for fastestmirror does use a comma, and looking at the code very briefly it looks like it should honour it.
Its definitely worth investigating as to whats going on.
- KB
Matt Arnilo S. Baluyos (Mailing Lists) wrote, On 08/06/2010 02:48 AM:
Hi guys,
I'm trying to figure out something wherein excluded repositories for the yum-fastestmirror plugin are still being used by the system.
To illustrate:
[root@sales ~]# cat /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/fastestmirror.conf
#exclude=.gov, facebook exclude=maulvi, .gov.ph, .vn
Out of curiosity, is there a way (with out editing code) to get each of the lists of mirrors (which were sent to the yum client) printed before the exclude starts taking place?
i.e., for fun (in the US) I tried exclude=.net, .com, .edu
which does show long lists of excluded items, yet a mirror for each of the repos was found, and yes each of the repos found should have been in the exclude list.
A guess (as I am not familiar with reading python) is that when the number of repositories available after exclusions reaches 0, the first [0 index] mirror passed to you is used anyway instead of reporting no mirrors available and exiting. see fastestmirror.py lines 194-216.
[hoping my reading is not too far off :]
Matt Arnilo S. Baluyos (Mailing Lists) wrote:
Hi guys,
I'm trying to figure out something wherein excluded repositories for the yum-fastestmirror plugin are still being used by the system.
To illustrate:
[root@sales ~]# cat /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/fastestmirror.conf [main] enabled=1 verbose=0 socket_timeout=3 hostfilepath=/var/cache/yum/timedhosts.txt maxhostfileage=10 maxthreads=15 #exclude=.gov, facebook exclude=maulvi, .gov.ph, .vn
(Note the name of mirrors that I am trying to exclude)
However, when I run yum, this is what I get:
[root@sales ~]# yum update Loaded plugins: fastestmirror Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile Excluding mirror: mirror.pscigrid.gov.ph Excluding mirror: mirror.viethosting.vn
- addons: centos.maulvi.net
Excluding mirror: mirror.pscigrid.gov.ph Excluding mirror: mirror.viethosting.vn
- base: centos.maulvi.net
Excluding mirror: mirror.pscigrid.gov.ph Excluding mirror: mirror.viethosting.vn
- extras: centos.maulvi.net
- rpmforge: fr2.rpmfind.net
Excluding mirror: centos.maulvi.net
- updates: mirror.viethosting.vn
Setting up Update Process No Packages marked for Update [root@sales ~]#
If you notice, centos.maulvi.net is still being used despite me putting it on the exclude list of the fastestmirror config. Also, the behavior does not seem to be consistent as on another repo (updates), the previously excluded mirror.viethosting.vn is used.
Any pointers on what I could be doing wrong? or is this a bug?
Thanks!
Regards, Matt
Hi Matt,
Just out of curiosity, have you tried putting a . in front of maulvi (exclude=.maulvi, .gov.ph, .vn). This is just from my old cool programing days when a misplaced . would drive you nuts.
HTH. Lee
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