[CentOS] yum timeout ... (CentOS 6.8)

Thu Jun 16 19:59:25 UTC 2016
Tony Schreiner <anthony.schreiner at bc.edu>

I note that duke.edu matches uk, and unl.edu matches nl.

Maybe they are regular expressions,
i just tried with

#include_ony=\.nl,\.de

and got less surprising results



On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 3:50 PM, Walter H. <Walter.H at mathemainzel.info>
wrote:

> On 16.06.2016 21:39, Ned Slider wrote:
>
>>
>> On 16/06/16 19:41, Walter H. wrote:
>>
>>> On 16.06.2016 19:40, Frank Cox wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, 16 Jun 2016 19:34:09 +0200
>>>> Walter H. wrote:
>>>> yum -disableplugin=fastestmirror nowseewhathappens.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> yes this goes fast, no timeout;
>>> can I configure this in /etc/yum.conf?
>>>
>>>
>> The correct way to disable a yum plugin is to set enabled to zero in the
>> plugin config file:
>>
>> /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/fastestmirror.conf
>>
> ok I did this, and then did some yum install - works without timeout
> where could I tell yum to use existing mirrors in my near instead of one
> on the other side of the world?
>
> in this config I saw remarked the following:
>
> #include_only=.nl,.de,.uk,.ie
>
> when I set enabled=1 and removed the #-comment on this line
> 'yum list kernel'
> shows this:
>
> Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, security
> Determining fastest mirrors
> epel/metalink
>   | 8.6 kB     00:00
>  * base: ftp.usf.edu
> Including mirror: archive.linux.duke.edu
> Including mirror: mirror.unl.edu
>  * epel: archive.linux.duke.edu
>  * extras: ftp.usf.edu
>  * updates: ftp.usf.edu
>
> I'm from Europe(!)
>
> Thanks,
> Walter
>
>
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