Any idea why yum doesn't show by default from what mirror it is downloading from? It's not like there's no space on the output strings layout...
Instead of ---------- Transaction Summary ================================================================================ Install 1 Package (+3 Dependent packages) Upgrade ( 7 Dependent packages)
Total download size: 50 M Is this ok [y/d/N]: y Downloading packages: updates/19/i386/prestodelta | 1.2 MB 00:03
Delta RPMs reduced 1.4 M of updates to 416 k (71% saved) (1/11): nspr-4.9.6-1.fc19_4.10.0-3.fc19.i686.drpm | 28 kB 00:01
(2/11): nss-softokn-freebl-3.14.3-1.fc19_3.15.1-1.fc19.i68 | 31 kB 00:00
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I'd suggest: Transaction Summary ============================================================== Install 1 Package (+3 Dependent packages) Upgrade ( 7 Dependent packages)
Total download size: 50 M Is this ok [y/d/N]: y
Downloading packages: [from Mirror: fedora.gtdinternet.com] <<<<<<<<<< updates/19/i386/prestodelta | 1.2 MB 00:03
Delta RPMs reduced 1.4 M of updates to 416 k (71% saved) (1/11): nspr-4.9.6-1.fc19_4.10.0-3.fc19.i686.drpm | 28 kB 00:01
(2/11): nss-softokn-freebl-3.14.3-1.fc19_3.15.1-1.fc19.i68 | 31 kB 00:00
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In case of a timeout (which down here, happens often) it'd show, instead of... ----- wget-1.14-8.fc19.i686.rpm FAILED
http://fedora.gtdinternet.com/updates/19/i386/wget-1.14-8.fc19.i686.rpm: [Errno 14] curl#6 - TIMEOUT Trying other mirror. -----
----- wget-1.14-8.fc19.i686.rpm FAILED
http://fedora.gtdinternet.com/updates/19/i386/wget-1.14-8.fc19.i686.rpm: [Errno 14] curl#6 - "TIMEOUT" Trying other mirror: [ www.las.ic.unicamp.br ] -----
It should be noted that under the current behaviour: 1. The current mirror is not displayed 2. When there are recurrent problems (ie slow downloads) with a current YUM whatever download, one cannot identify the name of the problem mirror, because (point #1) 3. even with -v (for "verbose" operation) yum details all kinds of internal values, timings etc but NOT THE MIRROR it is downloading from.
It seems like a nice RFE with no downsides I can think of, and trivial to implement.
Thoughts? Comments? Expletives? ;-).
PS: I have filed a bug... https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1004628
FC
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Fernando Cassia -
Rex Dieter