F7 updates not making to public

[Don Russell]

David Boles wrote:
> on 8/28/2007 8:23 AM, Don Russell wrote:
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>> David Boles wrote:
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>>> on 8/28/2007 8:02 AM, Don Russell wrote:
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>>>> Michael Schwendt wrote:
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>>>>> On 28/08/07, Bruno Wolff III <bruno at wolff.to> wrote:
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>>>>>> Yesterdays F7 updates have not made it to any of the public servers
>>>>>> I have checked. The last update of the directory with the updates
>>>>>> is on August 24. Test updates for F7 have made it to the public servers
>>>>>> so it doesn't appear to be a case of broken mirrors, but raher something
>>>>>> in Fedora's process of publishing the updates or perhaps with the
>>>>>> notifications that the updates are being released.
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>>>>> Confirmed.
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>>>> Not just yesterday's..... I received this update notification on 23 
>>>> Aug... and have yet to see it via "yum update":
>>>>
>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> Fedora Update Notification
>>>> FEDORA-2007-1793
>>>> 2007-08-23 22:44:33.442660
>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> Name        : pam_ssh
>>>> Product     : Fedora 7
>>>> Version     : 1.92
>>>> Release     : 2.fc7
>>>> Summary     : PAM module for use with SSH keys and ssh-agent
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> You need a better mirror. This URL will line wrap.
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>>> ftp://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/linux/distributions/fedora/linux/updates/7/i386/pam_ssh-1.92-2.fc7.i386.rpm
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>> Thanks.... I'm using the "default" mirrors.... I never added, nor 
>> removed any from whatever "yum update" uses....
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> This mirror is in the 'US mirror list for x86', the one that I use, as an
> http;// site. It can be used as either http or ftp. I do not know which
> mirror list you use. There are many different lists.
>
> Have you tried the 'yum-fastestmirror' pluginin? That can be very helpful.
>   

mea culpa! :-(
a scripting error on my part was causing a false report of a package 
update still pending... Now fixed.. AND, an added bonus: I learned about 
yum-fastest mirror which seems pretty cool