> From: oldman <talbotscott@xxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: yum access to fc6 mirror sites > To: For testers of Fedora Core development releases > <fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > glenn wrote: > > Is there a solution to the yum access of mirror sites for FC6. Currently > > only the Ibiblio site is accessed. That site is very out of date, and > > if it has anything you are trying to fetch, it is trottle at abt 17 KB/s > > (only slightly faster than dialup). > > > > I keep seeing the buildsys reports that show new pkgs updates have been > > generated, but when Ibiblio does not update, those updates are not > > available to testor like myself. > > > > Is this a problem with some update to yum, OR is the mirror support > > system mucked up. I used to find yum would try to work with numerous > > alternative mirror sites. > > > > Glenn > > > Glenn: > > Edit your /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-development.repo file. Uncomment the > 'baseurl=' line. save that file and exit the editor. run command 'yum > clean metadata'. You should now get the fedora.redhat repo to download > from. > > Scott Hi, I've had same problem on two rawhide machines, one last successfully updated sep 19, one sep 20. I've had to BOTH uncomment 'baseurl=' and comment out 'mirrorlist=', then `yum clean metadata; yum update` to get an update, and floods updates came in. Since it was on two machines, I don't think it was purely cockpit error on my part, but you never know. I'm bleating here (fedora-test-list) because I don't know where to else to bleat, and it has been mentionted here recently... <bleat>It seems strange (but I admit ignorance) that there is only one mirror for rawhide (berkeley, ca, usa) and it is almost a week out of date.</bleat> Robert -- Robert Dowling -- f as in fedora, rob as in robert <AT> rtdti.com -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list