On Sun, 2013-05-05 at 12:49 -0700, Mike Wright wrote: > 05/05/2013 12:23 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > On Sun, 2013-05-05 at 12:12 -0400, Fernando Cassia wrote: > >> Is there any rationale for NOT making yum-fastestmirror the default?? > > > > Because it doesn't work? The heuristic it uses is far too simple-minded. > > I've often had to hand-edit the mirror list to stop it trying to > > download from nearby mirrors which have low latency but also very low > > bandwidth. > > > That's not the only thing simple minded about yum. > > One simple improvement would be to tell which mirror it's connecting to. > I've been trying to yum update f18 all day and it keeps choosing the > same damn mirror (no idea which) with a whopping 7.9k data rate. f27 > will be out before this joke is done. > You can see what mirror it is using netstat or ss, then edit /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/fastestmirror.conf if using the plugin. poc -- 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 Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
