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[Mageia-discuss] Easyurpmi forMageia ?

+ Wolfgang Bornath + molch.b at googlemail.com +
+ Sun May 22 18:23:47 CEST 2011 +

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2011/5/22 Ahmad Samir <ahmadsamir3891 at gmail.com>:
+> On 22 May 2011 10:01, Wolfgang Bornath <molch.b at googlemail.com> wrote:
+>> 2011/5/22 James Kerr <jim at jkerr82508.free-online.co.uk>:
+>>> On 22/05/11 04:51, Wolfgang Bornath wrote:
+>>>>
+>>>> I haven't used EasyUrpmi, but I used the other (similar) web tool
+>>>> SmartUrpmi regularly.
+>>>>
+>>>> My reason was not to add PLF or any other repo (MUD or other). My main
+>>>> reason was my dislike of the %MIRRORLIST system of Mandriva, you could
+>>>> get connected to a very slow mirror or even to one which was not
+>>>> uptodate without urpmi being able to switch to another mirror during
+>>>> one session (a known bug). So I used SmartUrpmi to select a mirror
+>>>> which I knew to be fast, reliable and uptodate instead of playing
+>>>> lottery with %MIRRORLIST.
+>>>>
+>>>> Today with Mageia this risk is not high because there are not so many
+>>>> mirrors around my residence. But I still would like to select a
+>>>> dedicated mirror (my own mirror) from such a list as provided by the
+>>>> web tool.
+>>>>
+>>>
+>>> You can do that in the Media Manager, File - Add a specific media mirror
+>>> (the list of mirrors is displayed), or if your mirror is a private mirror,
+>>> File - Add a custom medium (select "create media for an entire
+>>> distribution").
+>>
+>> Yes, I know that but it's not the point here. I sure know how to add a
+>> mirror to my /etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg using vi, I sure know how to add a
+>> mirror using 'urpmi.addmedia', and I sure know how to add a mirror
+>> using "Add" in the media manager in MCC. But still I normally use this
+>> web tool because 1) I don't have to care for typos and 2) it's soooo
+>> convenient.
+>
+> Open "configure media sources for install and update" -> File -> Add a
+> specific media mirror:
+> - it's already there on your box if you have rpmdrake installed
+> - there're no typos, you don't type anything here, it fetches the list
+> of mirrors and you can select the one you want
+> - what's not convenient about that :)
+>
+> This method is the GUI equivalent of doing 'urpmi.addmedia --distrib
+> <mirror URL>'.
+
+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
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