[Yum] yum improvement

[Michael Stenner]

On Fri, Aug 12, 2005 at 12:34:56PM -0700, Ian MacGregor wrote:
> If yum fails to get repo data from the first repo, yum should just skip 
> over that repo and get the data from the other repos I have enabled and 
> then try the skipped repos again.

If you want it to try more times or try longer, you should adjust the
"retries" and "timeout" options.

> If it worked on the second try, it can work on the first try.

I hate to tell you this, but the internet is not deterministic.
Sometimes things work, and sometimes things don't.  The chosen
behavior is a balance between overcoming short-term problems and
quickly reporting long-term problems.

> There should be an option to tell yum "do not stop trying until you
> have recieved all data from all repos".

retries = 1000000000

Do it if you dare.

					-Michael

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