Bug 7571 - The package manager doesn't let me choose the mirror I want to dowload updates
Summary: The package manager doesn't let me choose the mirror I want to dowload updates
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: RPM Packages (show other bugs)
Version: 2
Hardware: i586 Linux
Priority: Normal normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Mageia Bug Squad
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Reported: 2012-09-25 18:28 CEST by Frédéric "LpSolit" Buclin
Modified: 2012-09-26 13:45 CEST (History)
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Description Frédéric "LpSolit" Buclin 2012-09-25 18:28:50 CEST 
The package manager has $MIRRORLIST as URL. When calling rpmdrake from a shell, I see it contacts rsync://ftp.LinuxCabal.org/Mageia/distrib/2/i586, which hasn't been updated for more than a week now. So I removed all media from the package manager and clicked the "Add" button to add new media again. I hoped it would let me select the mirror I want, but it didn't. It automatically selected ftp.LinuxCabal.org again, despite it hasn't been updated for a long time.

So it would be great if I could manually select the mirror I want, and ideally with the timestamp of their last update to better decide which one to select. I know there are updates for packages I have installed, and it's frustrating to not be able to install them because the mirror lags for days or weeks.
Comment 1 James Kerr 2012-09-26 08:23:50 CEST 
Use "File - Add a specific media mirror" (or Ctrl-M) (instead of hitting the "Add" button).
Comment 2 Frédéric "LpSolit" Buclin 2012-09-26 13:45:43 CEST 
Ah, I didn't think there would be another way to add sources. Sorry for that!

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => WORKSFORME
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