On 22 May 2011 10:01, Wolfgang Bornath <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
Open "configure media sources for install and update" -> File -> Add a specific media mirror: - it's already there on your box if you have rpmdrake installed - there're no typos, you don't type anything here, it fetches the list of mirrors and you can select the one you want - what's not convenient about that :) This method is the GUI equivalent of doing 'urpmi.addmedia --distrib <mirror URL>'. > > 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 > -- Ahmad Samir
