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My main +</I>>>>><i> reason was my dislike of the %MIRRORLIST system of Mandriva, you could +</I>>>>><i> get connected to a very slow mirror or even to one which was not +</I>>>>><i> uptodate without urpmi being able to switch to another mirror during +</I>>>>><i> one session (a known bug). So I used SmartUrpmi to select a mirror +</I>>>>><i> which I knew to be fast, reliable and uptodate instead of playing +</I>>>>><i> lottery with %MIRRORLIST. +</I>>>>><i> +</I>>>>><i> Today with Mageia this risk is not high because there are not so many +</I>>>>><i> mirrors around my residence. But I still would like to select a +</I>>>>><i> dedicated mirror (my own mirror) from such a list as provided by the +</I>>>>><i> web tool. +</I>>>>><i> +</I>>>><i> +</I>>>><i> You can do that in the Media Manager, File - Add a specific media mirror +</I>>>><i> (the list of mirrors is displayed), or if your mirror is a private mirror, +</I>>>><i> File - Add a custom medium (select "create media for an entire +</I>>>><i> distribution"). +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Yes, I know that but it's not the point here. I sure know how to add a +</I>>><i> mirror to my /etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg using vi, I sure know how to add a +</I>>><i> mirror using 'urpmi.addmedia', and I sure know how to add a mirror +</I>>><i> using "Add" in the media manager in MCC. But still I normally use this +</I>>><i> web tool because 1) I don't have to care for typos and 2) it's soooo +</I>>><i> convenient. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Open "configure media sources for install and update" -> File -> Add a +</I>><i> specific media mirror: +</I>><i> - it's already there on your box if you have rpmdrake installed +</I>><i> - there're no typos, you don't type anything here, it fetches the list +</I>><i> of mirrors and you can select the one you want +</I>><i> - what's not convenient about that :) +</I>><i> +</I>><i> This method is the GUI equivalent of doing 'urpmi.addmedia --distrib +</I>><i> <mirror URL>'. +</I> +Yes, really! I never tried this one because in Mandriva my +main/favourite/fastest/closest mirror was not on the official mirror +list (another story).. But this list is not showing any information +about the update status and availability of the mirror, so it is only +useful if you have a certain mirror in mind which you know to be +reliable. + +Ok, so then this part of the case is closed, of course. Pls take my +apologies for asking for something which is already there but I did +not know. + +-- +wobo +</PRE> + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="004331.html">[Mageia-discuss] Easyurpmi forMageia ? +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="004334.html">[Mageia-discuss] Easyurpmi forMageia ? +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#4332">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#4332">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#4332">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#4332">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">More information about the Mageia-discuss +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |