On Fri, Aug 12, 2005 at 12:34:56PM -0700, Ian MacGregor wrote: > If yum fails to get repo data from the first repo, yum should just skip > over that repo and get the data from the other repos I have enabled and > then try the skipped repos again. If you want it to try more times or try longer, you should adjust the "retries" and "timeout" options. > If it worked on the second try, it can work on the first try. I hate to tell you this, but the internet is not deterministic. Sometimes things work, and sometimes things don't. The chosen behavior is a balance between overcoming short-term problems and quickly reporting long-term problems. > There should be an option to tell yum "do not stop trying until you > have recieved all data from all repos". retries = 1000000000 Do it if you dare. -Michael -- Michael D. Stenner mstenner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ECE Department, the University of Arizona 520-626-1619 1230 E. Speedway Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85721-0104 ECE 524G
