FYI: Workaround for today's FC5 baseurl/mirrorlist problems

[Rahul Sundaram]

Ralf Corsepius wrote:

> E.g. if the mirrorlist file was on a local disc, yum would not try to
> contact the mirrorlist on the server each time it is being invoked.
> 
> The work around from RH's side would be pretty easy: Ship a local copy
> of the mirrorlist file as an rpm and let yum use this. Then update this
> rpm at regular intervals.

That might work. File a RFE,

Rahul