Up2date problem

[Kam Leo]

On Apr 1, 2005 7:20 AM, William Hooper <whooperhsd3 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> Kam Leo said:
> 
> > You encountered what I consider one of the biggest annoyances with
> > up2date.  You get notification about available updates, run up2date, and
> > the repository and/or mirror from mirrorlist has not gotten resynced..
> >
> > So here are some possible actions that you can take:
> >
> >
> > 1. Do not react immediately upon receiving an update notification.
> > Wait several hours before trying so that the mirrors can sync up.
> > 2. Disable the update agent.  Perform updates manually or update via a
> > cron job.
> > 3. File either an RFE or a bug report in Bugzzilla,
> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/ .
> 
> 4. Configure up2date to use a fast mirror for you rather than relying on
> the default mirror list.  If up2date and rhn-applet are looking at the
> same mirror you won't have any problem.
> 

Tried both the mirrorlist and fast local mirrors (e.g.
ftp://mirrors.kernel.org, ftp://mirror.stanford.edu, and
ftp://limestone.uoregon.edu among others) and continue to encounter
this problem.

What mirror are you using to get such good results?

> --
> William Hooper
>