2011/5/22 James Kerr <[email protected]>: > On 22/05/11 04:51, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: >> >> I haven't used EasyUrpmi, but I used the other (similar) web tool >> SmartUrpmi regularly. >> >> My reason was not to add PLF or any other repo (MUD or other). My main >> reason was my dislike of the %MIRRORLIST system of Mandriva, you could >> get connected to a very slow mirror or even to one which was not >> uptodate without urpmi being able to switch to another mirror during >> one session (a known bug). So I used SmartUrpmi to select a mirror >> which I knew to be fast, reliable and uptodate instead of playing >> lottery with %MIRRORLIST. >> >> Today with Mageia this risk is not high because there are not so many >> mirrors around my residence. But I still would like to select a >> dedicated mirror (my own mirror) from such a list as provided by the >> web tool. >> > > You can do that in the Media Manager, File - Add a specific media mirror > (the list of mirrors is displayed), or if your mirror is a private mirror, > File - Add a custom medium (select "create media for an entire > distribution").
Yes, I know that but it's not the point here. I sure know how to add a mirror to my /etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg using vi, I sure know how to add a mirror using 'urpmi.addmedia', and I sure know how to add a mirror using "Add" in the media manager in MCC. But still I normally use this web tool because 1) I don't have to care for typos and 2) it's soooo convenient. The benefit of this tool (I'm referring to http://www.mandrivauser.de/smarturpmi/ here) is - I see the current state of the mirrors in the list (including last sync run, checked several times a day), so I can avoid mirrors which can not be reached or are not uptodate; - instead of having to look up the address and the location of the synthesis list and then copy it into a field in the media manager (which is a sure cause for typos) I just have to mark all media/mirrors I want to add, then click on a button and a script is transferred to my machine, no place for errors. - starting the script I am asked for root passwort and after that I can let the script do everything else, including a complete update - if I want to. -- wobo
