Comments on the fastestmirror plugin

Rex Dieter rdieter at math.unl.edu
Sat Mar 13 14:29:31 UTC 2010


Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:

> I then manually edited the /var/cache/yum/timedhosts.txt file to bias
> the results against the mirror yum was choosing (I made it worst rather
> than best). Oddly, it again made no difference!

Doing that, changing the ping times to smaller than all other mirrors, has 
always worked for me, when I've needed it.

-- Rex



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