Updates SOLVED! ... Or is it!

[Joshua Andrews]

Craig White wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-01-17 at 20:36 -0800, Joshua Andrews wrote:
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>> Ric Moore wrote:
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>>> On Wed, 2008-01-16 at 08:30 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
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>>>> Robert P. J. Day wrote:
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>>>>> On Tue, 15 Jan 2008, Jim Cornette wrote:
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>>>>>> Karl Larsen wrote:
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>>>>>>>    Well at this point I know a great deal more than YOU do about yum. I am
>>>>>>> sorry you had no working ideas but thanks for a try at least.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Karl
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>>>>>> What is the output from package-cleanup --problems and from package-cleanup
>>>>>> --dupes ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This has got to be the longest solved thread on any mailing list.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> There's no way out of here. When you come in you're in for good.
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>>>>> "Welcome to the Hotel Karlifornia ..."
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>>>> The *best* thing out of this entire thread is that I'm now watching "The 
>>>> Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai - Across the 8th Dimension".
>>>>
>>>> Thanks again Ric
>>>>
>>>> I also learned another lesson....
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>>> OK, I'll bite! What did you learn? And did you enjoy Buckaroo? I would
>>> suggest "Plug Head" #1 and #2 for your next install of the best of
>>> Geekly Sci-Fi. (search eBay for "circuitry man") 
>>>
>>> Afterwards you can then shoot yourself, as you would have seen it all.
>>> OR, remain here on Earth and pass my favor forward. <huge chuckles>
>>> Enjoy! :) Ric
>>>
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>> You know this subject is going to be killfiltered or just ignored by 
>> most people, which is really too bad for anyone who wants to learn 
>> something about "Updates'!
>>
>> Wow, if folks would stick to the subject more or less and if the list 
>> was searchable what a great helpful resource this list could be...
>>
>> More to the subject; I keep getting the same slow-as-molasses mirror 
>> every time I run yum. Is there a way to be more geo-spacific about the 
>> choice of mirror servers?
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> you have high expectations for a thread that Karl starts. I admire your
> optimism. You might have started your own thread for your own issues but
> there are some who are going for the all-time record for thread length
> that appreciate your efforts.
>
> CentOS does handle geo-oriented mirros better than Fedora but I think
> Fedora has been trying to get there. Perhaps Rahul has some opinions on
> this topic.
>
> Perhaps there's a black hole that has your system pulling from the same
> wrong mirror is not accidental...it's a Groundhog Day thing.
>
> Craig
>
>   
Actually Craig, I replied to this message for 2 very obvious reasons;
1) I wanted you "folks" to see it.
2) I wanted some real information about the mirrors that yum selects.

Thanks for your reply,
- Joshua