RE: New Firefox vs. Up2date

["Tim Holmes" <tholmes mcaschool net>]

> > Does anyone know why this is?  Is the new firefox worth hand
> > installation?
> 
> This is the issue with 'mirror-list' - i.e all mirrors don't have the
> same files at any given instant.
> 
> And when up2date or yum is configured with a 'mirrorlist' - at each
> invocation - it potentially checks a different mirror - hence
> the info can be inconsistant.
> 
> Your alternatives are:
> 
> - wait a few hours so that most mirrors get this update
> - try running up2date a few times - and hope one of these attempts
gets
>   to a more recent mirror
> - Modify your mirrorlist to a better one (so that you don't go to the
>   opposite end of the globe) - for eg: I use
>   http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors/updates-released-
> fc$releasever.us.east
> - Do not use mirrorlist - and just use a favourite mirror closeby.
This
>   way up2date is ALWAYS consistant across multiple invocations.
> 
> BTW: the mirrorlist setting for up2date can be changed by editing
> /etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources as in:
> yum-mirror updates-released-fc3
http://fedora.redhat.com/download/up2date-
> mirrors/updates-released-fc3.us.east
> 
> You can check http://fedora.redhat.com/download/up2date-mirrors/ for a
> complete mirror-list for up2date


[Tim Holmes wrote] 
To follow on with this question, I have begun to use yum quite a bit due
to some problems with up2date.  Is there a similar list and procedure
for yum?

TIM