Gunter Woytowitz wrote:
>
> I would like to use a mirror list URL that returns a list of possible 
> sources for repo updates instead of having to specify a single source URL.
>
> Here’s what I do now using the --mirror arg to get this functionality
>
> # Grab the first URL returned from the mirror list
>
> FIRST_URL=`wget 
> 'http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=updates-eleased-f10&arch=i386'
>  
> -O- 2>/dev/null | grep -v "^#" | head -n1`
>
> cobbler repo add --clobber --name=fc10-i386-updates --mirror=$FIRST_URL
>
> cobbler reposync --only=”fc10-i386-updates”
>
> This is what I would like to do using the new --mirror-list arg
>
> cobbler repo add --clobber --name=fc10-i386-updates 
> --mirror-list=”http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=updates-eleased-f10&arch=i386”
>
> cobbler reposync --only=”fc10-i386-updates”
>
> cobbler reposync --only=”fc10-i386-updates” // Each call to reposync 
> updates the .origin/fc10-i386-update.repo file with a potentially new URL
>
> cobbler reposync --only=”fc10-i386-updates” // Each call to reposync 
> updates the .origin/fc10-i386-update.repo file with a potentially new URL
>
> Can this be done some other way already? If not, could this be added?
>

This has been discussed before. In my opinion it does not make sense to 
mirror a mirror from multiple sources as the mirrors are not guaranteed 
to be consistent.

--Michael


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