On 07/12/13 08:45 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
On 2013-04-23 04:43 (GMT-0500) Kamil Paral composed:
>> Trying to yum upgrade 19 is stuck on a mirror with no useful
>> throughput. What
>> kind of workaround for this is available? Nothing jumps at me in the
>> yum man
>> page. How do I specify to use a particular mirror know to work?
>
> If the speed is below some threshold, yum should blacklist the mirror
> and use a different one
Yum doesn't bother to show URL of inept mirror in use. How do I figure
out which to blacklist?
next time. If you don't have the patience, try hitting Ctrl+C during the
download. Ideally this should switch to a different mirror (but I'm not
sure if this functionality wasn't removed).
Not happening.
> Of course, you can also edit /etc/yum/*.repo and hardcode some fast
> mirror near you:
>
https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/
From looking at these repo files, it's non-obvious how to deviate from
the standard configuration's use of variables.
> But that doesn't guard you against outdated mirrors, and doesn't
> provide fallback if your chosen mirror is down.
I am having a really tough time trying to update my Fedora 19
today...it's failing on every single mirror.
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