Les Mikesell ha scritto: > William Hooper wrote: >> Les Mikesell wrote: >> [snip] >>> But that's a per-box per-repo specific change, with per-distro, per-repo >>> variations for the end users to figure out for themselves. And then it >>> won't fail over at all if the url you pick goes away. Aren't computers >>> supposed to work for you instead of the other way around? >> >> Have you seen this setup from Guru Labs? >> http://www.gurulabs.com/goodies/YUM_automatic_local_mirror.php >> >> It sounds like it does what you want it to. It uses DNS to redirect >> requests for a mirror list to a page you control without changing the >> clients. > > They are actually directing to a local repo which I'd like to avoid > since I don't want to copy anything unless at least one update requests > it, but I suppose similar contortions would work to force the same > external repo to be used. At least someone else recognizes the problem. > Just guessing... would be possible to use squidGuard (or another form of interceptor) to force always the same mirror?