[Centos] Issues/thoughts re CentOS-4

[Matt Shields <mattboston@xxxxxxxxx> (Matt Shields)]

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.

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Matt Shields
http://masnetworks.biz/
http://www.caosity.org/


On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 10:33:40 +0100, Petr Qaxi Kl=EDma <qaxi@xxxxxxxxx> wrot=
e:
>=20
> > * 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
>=20
> Something like below.
>=20
> 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 ...
>=20
> (I forced failovermethod=3Droundrobin, but it is not necessary
> <http://slovnik.seznam.cz/sl.fcgi?src_trg=3Den_cz&len=3D30&word=3Dnecessa=
ry%20steps>
>=20
> it is default)
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> [main]
> cachedir=3D/var/cache/yum
> debuglevel=3D2
> logfile=3D/var/log/yum.log
> pkgpolicy=3Dnewest
> distroverpkg=3Dredhat-release
> installonlypkgs=3Dkernel kernel-smp kernel-hugemem kernel-enterprise
> kernel-debug kernel-unsupported kernel-smp-unsupported
> kernel-hugemem-unsupported
> tolerant=3D1
> exactarch=3D1
>=20
> [base]
> name=3DCentOS-$releasever - Base
> baseurl=3Dhttp://mirror.centos.org/centos-3/$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/$basearc=
h/
>=20
> http://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/linux/caosity.org/centos-3/$release=
ver/os/$basearch/
>=20
> ftp://ftp.sunsite.org.uk/sites/mirror.caosity.org/cAos/centos-3/$releasev=
er/os/$basearch/
>     http://download.centos.ru/centos-3/$releasever/os/$basearch/
>=20
> ftp://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/cAos/centos-3/$releasever/os/$basearch/
>=20
> http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/caosity/centos-3/$releasever/os/$basea=
rch/
>     ftp://ftp2.tnc.edu.tw/pub1/centos/centos-3/$releasever/os/$basearch/
> gpgcheck=3D1
> failovermethod=3Droundrobin
>=20
> #released updates
> [update]
> name=3DCentOS-$releasever - Updates
> baseurl=3Dhttp://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/
>=20
> ftp://sunsite.utk.edu/pub/linux/caos/centos-3/$releasever/updates/$basear=
ch/
>=20
> http://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/linux/caosity.org/centos-3/$release=
ver/updates/$basearch/
>=20
> ftp://ftp.sunsite.org.uk/sites/mirror.caosity.org/cAos/centos-3/$releasev=
er/updates/$basearch/
>     http://download.centos.ru/centos-3/$releasever/updates/$basearch/
>=20
> ftp://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/cAos/centos-3/$releasever/updates/$base=
arch/
>=20
> http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/caosity/centos-3/$releasever/updates/$=
basearch/
>=20
> ftp://ftp2.tnc.edu.tw/pub1/centos/centos-3/$releasever/updates/$basearch/
> gpgcheck=3D1
> failovermethod=3Droundrobin
>=20
> #packages used/produced in the build but not released
> [addons]
> name=3DCentOS-$releasever - Addons
> baseurl=3Dhttp://mirror.centos.org/centos-3/$releasever/addons/$basearch/
>     http://ftp.upce.cz/caos/centos-3/$releasever/addons/$basearch/
>     http://caos.oregonstate.edu/centos-3/$releasever/addons/$basearch/
>=20
> ftp://sunsite.utk.edu/pub/linux/caos/centos-3/$releasever/addons/$basearc=
h/
>=20
> http://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/linux/caosity.org/centos-3/$release=
ver/addons/$basearch/
>=20
> ftp://ftp.sunsite.org.uk/sites/mirror.caosity.org/cAos/centos-3/$releasev=
er/addons/$basearch/
>     http://download.centos.ru/centos-3/$releasever/addons/$basearch/
>=20
> ftp://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/cAos/centos-3/$releasever/addons/$basea=
rch/
>=20
> http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/caosity/centos-3/$releasever/addons/$b=
asearch/
>     ftp://ftp2.tnc.edu.tw/pub1/centos/centos-3/$releasever/addons/$basear=
ch/
> gpgcheck=3D1
> failovermethod=3Droundrobin
>=20
> #additional packages that may be useful
> [extras]
> name=3DCentOS-$releasever - Extras
> baseurl=3Dhttp://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/
>=20
> ftp://sunsite.utk.edu/pub/linux/caos/centos-3/$releasever/extras/$basearc=
h/
>=20
> http://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/linux/caosity.org/centos-3/$release=
ver/extras/$basearch/
>=20
> ftp://ftp.sunsite.org.uk/sites/mirror.caosity.org/cAos/centos-3/$releasev=
er/extras/$basearch/
>     http://download.centos.ru/centos-3/$releasever/extras/$basearch/
>=20
> ftp://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/cAos/centos-3/$releasever/extras/$basea=
rch/
>=20
> http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/caosity/centos-3/$releasever/extras/$b=
asearch/
>     ftp://ftp2.tnc.edu.tw/pub1/centos/centos-3/$releasever/extras/$basear=
ch/
> gpgcheck=3D1
> failovermethod=3Droundrobin
>=20
> #packages in testing
> #[testing]
> #name=3DCentOS-$releasever - Testing
> #baseurl=3Dhttp://mirror.centos.org/centos-3/$releasever/testing/$basearc=
h/
> #    http://ftp.upce.cz/caos/centos-3/$releasever/testing/$basearch/
> #   http://caos.oregonstate.edu/centos-3/$releasever/testing/$basearch/
> #
> ftp://sunsite.utk.edu/pub/linux/caos/centos-3/$releasever/testing/$basear=
ch/
> #
> http://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/linux/caosity.org/centos-3/$release=
ver/testing/$basearch/
> #
> ftp://ftp.sunsite.org.uk/sites/mirror.caosity.org/cAos/centos-3/$releasev=
er/testing/$basearch/
> #    http://download.centos.ru/centos-3/$releasever/testing/$basearch/
> #
> ftp://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/cAos/centos-3/$releasever/testing/$base=
arch/
> #
> http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/caosity/centos-3/$releasever/testing/$=
basearch/
> #
> ftp://ftp2.tnc.edu.tw/pub1/centos/centos-3/$releasever/testing/$basearch/
> #gpgcheck=3D1
> #failovermethod=3Droundrobin
>=20
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>=20
>=20
>=20
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