Updates SOLVED! ... Or is it!

[Ed Greshko]

Joshua Andrews wrote:
> Ed Greshko wrote:
>> Joshua Andrews wrote:
>>> More to the subject; I keep getting the same slow-as-molasses mirror 
>>> every time I run yum. Is there a way to be more geo-spacific about 
>>> the choice of mirror servers?
>> Is yum-fastestmirror plugin installed?
>>
> Ed,
>
> You and Michael Swendt(?)  Are a couple of people whom I thought would 
> respect my perspective however if you have the inside info on the 
> really coool new fastestest mirror patch then I will forgive you your 
> prolix.
>
> So do I just do; `yum install the fastest coolest mirror`?
The shortened form of the command is...

yum install yum-fastestmirror

[root at f8 ~]# rpm -qi yum-fastestmirror
Name        : yum-fastestmirror           Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version     : 1.1.10                            Vendor: Fedora Project
Release     : 1.fc8                               Build Date: Fri 04 Jan 
2008 02:38:15 AM CST
Install Date: Fri 18 Jan 2008 02:17:04 PM CST      Build Host: 
ppc4.fedora.phx.redhat.com
Group       : System Environment/Base       Source RPM: 
yum-utils-1.1.10-1.fc8.src.rpm
Size        : 7607                                  License: GPL
Signature   : DSA/SHA1, Tue 15 Jan 2008 02:41:48 AM CST, Key ID 
b44269d04f2a6fd2
Packager    : Fedora Project
URL         : http://linux.duke.edu/yum/download/yum-utils/
Summary     : Yum plugin which chooses fastest repository from a mirrorlist
Description :
This plugin sorts each repository's mirrorlist by connection speed
prior to downloading packages.

FWIW, I used to take Prolix but it gave me an upset stomach.....


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