[Yum] YUM timing out trying to get updates from Fedora mirrors

[Jim McConnell]

on 2/18/2004 12:23 AM Javier Perez said the following:

>>>> I've seen this as well.  I have several mirrors listed in yum.conf.
>>>> Since I'm still testing yum, I've been running it interactively.  When
>>>> this happens to me, I'm able to ^C, and the download restarts presumably
>>>> from another mirror.  I haven't checked this via netstat, but I think
>>>> that is what is happening.  Anyway, I don't know if this is a feature or
>>>> not, YMMV.

>>> Not an intentional feature, but handy to know.

>> I'd be surprised if that worked, but ok.

> I get the same effect oftentimes. Sometimes yum stops, other times
> it seems to go on with the next mirror.
> Makes me wonder.

I'm currently completely up to date, but next time I have something to 
update, I'll try and remember to use "script" to capture the output for 
you.  Is there a debug level you'd like to see, etc?  For that matter, 
is this of interest in general?

-- 
Jim McConnell <jim at mcconnell.net>