While a default yum.conf sounds good, for those admins that don't update their yum.conf file after installing a new system, they might get stuck downloading from a mirror that is not close to them. There is talk about a system like the ClamAV project which redirects you to the closest mirror to you automatically, there is 1 common domain and DNS handles the redirection. In which case everyone would have the same yum.conf file. -- Matt Shields http://masnetworks.biz/ http://www.caosity.org/ On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 10:33:40 +0100, Petr Qaxi Klíma <qaxi at seznam.cz> wrote: > > > * Issue: yum > > Don't ever auto-modify yum.conf. Too confusing. > > Invent a system for selecting/allocating a mirror. Users should > > always use a 3rd party mirror and not the main caosity mirrors. > > Issue: every mirror has different paths. We need to clean up all the > > symlinks and multi versions on the mirrors. (We need someone in > > change of the mirrors) > > > Why not to point "default" yum.conf to 3rd partymirrors > > Something like below. > > I let mirror.centos.org there because of statistics ... :-), but this > setup makes it 1/10th of all downloads .... > If you add more mirrors it will be less ... > > (I forced failovermethod=roundrobin, but it is not necessary > <http://slovnik.seznam.cz/sl.fcgi?src_trg=en_cz&len=30&word=necessary%20steps> > > it is default) > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > [main] > cachedir=/var/cache/yum > debuglevel=2 > logfile=/var/log/yum.log > pkgpolicy=newest > distroverpkg=redhat-release > installonlypkgs=kernel kernel-smp kernel-hugemem kernel-enterprise > kernel-debug kernel-unsupported kernel-smp-unsupported > kernel-hugemem-unsupported > tolerant=1 > exactarch=1 > > [base] > name=CentOS-$releasever - Base > baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos-3/$releasever/os/$basearch/ > http://ftp.upce.cz/caos/centos-3/$releasever/os/$basearch/ > http://caos.oregonstate.edu/centos-3/$releasever/os/$basearch/ > ftp://sunsite.utk.edu/pub/linux/caos/centos-3/$releasever/os/$basearch/ > > http://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/linux/caosity.org/centos-3/$releasever/os/$basearch/ > > ftp://ftp.sunsite.org.uk/sites/mirror.caosity.org/cAos/centos-3/$releasever/os/$basearch/ > http://download.centos.ru/centos-3/$releasever/os/$basearch/ > > ftp://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/cAos/centos-3/$releasever/os/$basearch/ > > http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/caosity/centos-3/$releasever/os/$basearch/ > ftp://ftp2.tnc.edu.tw/pub1/centos/centos-3/$releasever/os/$basearch/ > gpgcheck=1 > failovermethod=roundrobin > > #released updates > [update] > name=CentOS-$releasever - Updates > baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos-3/$releasever/updates/$basearch/ > http://ftp.upce.cz/caos/centos-3/$releasever/updates/$basearch/ > http://caos.oregonstate.edu/centos-3/$releasever/updates/$basearch/ > > ftp://sunsite.utk.edu/pub/linux/caos/centos-3/$releasever/updates/$basearch/ > > http://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/linux/caosity.org/centos-3/$releasever/updates/$basearch/ > > ftp://ftp.sunsite.org.uk/sites/mirror.caosity.org/cAos/centos-3/$releasever/updates/$basearch/ > http://download.centos.ru/centos-3/$releasever/updates/$basearch/ > > ftp://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/cAos/centos-3/$releasever/updates/$basearch/ > > http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/caosity/centos-3/$releasever/updates/$basearch/ > > ftp://ftp2.tnc.edu.tw/pub1/centos/centos-3/$releasever/updates/$basearch/ > gpgcheck=1 > failovermethod=roundrobin > > #packages used/produced in the build but not released > [addons] > name=CentOS-$releasever - Addons > baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos-3/$releasever/addons/$basearch/ > http://ftp.upce.cz/caos/centos-3/$releasever/addons/$basearch/ > http://caos.oregonstate.edu/centos-3/$releasever/addons/$basearch/ > > ftp://sunsite.utk.edu/pub/linux/caos/centos-3/$releasever/addons/$basearch/ > > http://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/linux/caosity.org/centos-3/$releasever/addons/$basearch/ > > ftp://ftp.sunsite.org.uk/sites/mirror.caosity.org/cAos/centos-3/$releasever/addons/$basearch/ > http://download.centos.ru/centos-3/$releasever/addons/$basearch/ > > ftp://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/cAos/centos-3/$releasever/addons/$basearch/ > > http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/caosity/centos-3/$releasever/addons/$basearch/ > ftp://ftp2.tnc.edu.tw/pub1/centos/centos-3/$releasever/addons/$basearch/ > gpgcheck=1 > failovermethod=roundrobin > > #additional packages that may be useful > [extras] > name=CentOS-$releasever - Extras > baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos-3/$releasever/extras/$basearch/ > http://ftp.upce.cz/caos/centos-3/$releasever/extras/$basearch/ > http://caos.oregonstate.edu/centos-3/$releasever/extras/$basearch/ > > ftp://sunsite.utk.edu/pub/linux/caos/centos-3/$releasever/extras/$basearch/ > > http://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/linux/caosity.org/centos-3/$releasever/extras/$basearch/ > > ftp://ftp.sunsite.org.uk/sites/mirror.caosity.org/cAos/centos-3/$releasever/extras/$basearch/ > http://download.centos.ru/centos-3/$releasever/extras/$basearch/ > > ftp://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/cAos/centos-3/$releasever/extras/$basearch/ > > http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/caosity/centos-3/$releasever/extras/$basearch/ > ftp://ftp2.tnc.edu.tw/pub1/centos/centos-3/$releasever/extras/$basearch/ > gpgcheck=1 > failovermethod=roundrobin > > #packages in testing > #[testing] > #name=CentOS-$releasever - Testing > #baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos-3/$releasever/testing/$basearch/ > # http://ftp.upce.cz/caos/centos-3/$releasever/testing/$basearch/ > # http://caos.oregonstate.edu/centos-3/$releasever/testing/$basearch/ > # > ftp://sunsite.utk.edu/pub/linux/caos/centos-3/$releasever/testing/$basearch/ > # > http://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/linux/caosity.org/centos-3/$releasever/testing/$basearch/ > # > ftp://ftp.sunsite.org.uk/sites/mirror.caosity.org/cAos/centos-3/$releasever/testing/$basearch/ > # http://download.centos.ru/centos-3/$releasever/testing/$basearch/ > # > ftp://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/cAos/centos-3/$releasever/testing/$basearch/ > # > http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/caosity/centos-3/$releasever/testing/$basearch/ > # > ftp://ftp2.tnc.edu.tw/pub1/centos/centos-3/$releasever/testing/$basearch/ > #gpgcheck=1 > #failovermethod=roundrobin > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at caosity.org > http://lists.caosity.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >