CentOS - Aug 2010 - yum-fastestmirror inconsistent exclude behavior

Hi guys,

I'm trying to figure out something wherein excluded repositories for
the yum-fastestmirror plugin are still being used by the system.

To illustrate:

[root at sales ~]# cat /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/fastestmirror.conf
[main]
enabled=1
verbose=0
socket_timeout=3
hostfilepath=/var/cache/yum/timedhosts.txt
maxhostfileage=10
maxthreads=15
#exclude=.gov, facebook
exclude=maulvi, .gov.ph, .vn

(Note the name of mirrors that I am trying to exclude)

However, when I run yum, this is what I get:

[root at sales ~]# yum update
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
Excluding mirror: mirror.pscigrid.gov.ph
Excluding mirror: mirror.viethosting.vn
 * addons: centos.maulvi.net
Excluding mirror: mirror.pscigrid.gov.ph
Excluding mirror: mirror.viethosting.vn
 * base: centos.maulvi.net
Excluding mirror: mirror.pscigrid.gov.ph
Excluding mirror: mirror.viethosting.vn
 * extras: centos.maulvi.net
 * rpmforge: fr2.rpmfind.net
Excluding mirror: centos.maulvi.net
 * updates: mirror.viethosting.vn
Setting up Update Process
No Packages marked for Update
[root at sales ~]#

If you notice, centos.maulvi.net is still being used despite me
putting it on the exclude list of the fastestmirror config. Also, the
behavior does not seem to be consistent as on another repo (updates),
the previously excluded mirror.viethosting.vn is used.

Any pointers on what I could be doing wrong? or is this a bug?

Thanks!

Regards,
Matt

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On Fri, 2010-08-06 at 16:48 +1000, Matt Arnilo S. Baluyos (Mailing
Lists) wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> I'm trying to figure out something wherein excluded repositories for
> the yum-fastestmirror plugin are still being used by the system.
> 
> To illustrate:
<snip>
> #exclude=.gov, facebook
> exclude=maulvi, .gov.ph, .vn
---

Like so:  exclude=mirror.pscigrid.gov. ph mirror.viethosting.vn

I never use fastest mirror but I'm sure it is like the main yum exclude
cantation, (no spaces).
man yum.conf for more info?

John

Matt Arnilo S. Baluyos (Mailing Lists) wrote, On 08/06/2010 02:48
AM:
> Hi guys,
> 
> I'm trying to figure out something wherein excluded repositories for
> the yum-fastestmirror plugin are still being used by the system.
> 
> To illustrate:
> 
> [root at sales ~]# cat /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/fastestmirror.conf
> #exclude=.gov, facebook
> exclude=maulvi, .gov.ph, .vn
> 
Out of curiosity,
is there a way (with out editing code) to get each of the lists of mirrors
(which were sent to the
yum client) printed before the exclude starts taking place?

i.e., for fun (in the US) I tried
exclude=.net, .com, .edu

which does show long lists of excluded items, yet a mirror for each of the repos
was found, and yes
each of the repos found should have been in the exclude list.

A guess (as I am not familiar with reading python) is that when the number of
repositories available
after exclusions reaches 0, the first [0 index] mirror passed to you is used
anyway instead of
reporting no mirrors available and exiting.
see fastestmirror.py lines 194-216.

[hoping my reading is not too  far off :]
-- 
Todd Denniston
Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane)
Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter

Matt Arnilo S. Baluyos (Mailing Lists) wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I'm trying to figure out something wherein excluded repositories for
> the yum-fastestmirror plugin are still being used by the system.
>
> To illustrate:
>
> [root at sales ~]# cat /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/fastestmirror.conf
> [main]
> enabled=1
> verbose=0
> socket_timeout=3
> hostfilepath=/var/cache/yum/timedhosts.txt
> maxhostfileage=10
> maxthreads=15
> #exclude=.gov, facebook
> exclude=maulvi, .gov.ph, .vn
>
> (Note the name of mirrors that I am trying to exclude)
>
> However, when I run yum, this is what I get:
>
> [root at sales ~]# yum update
> Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
> Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
> Excluding mirror: mirror.pscigrid.gov.ph
> Excluding mirror: mirror.viethosting.vn
>  * addons: centos.maulvi.net
> Excluding mirror: mirror.pscigrid.gov.ph
> Excluding mirror: mirror.viethosting.vn
>  * base: centos.maulvi.net
> Excluding mirror: mirror.pscigrid.gov.ph
> Excluding mirror: mirror.viethosting.vn
>  * extras: centos.maulvi.net
>  * rpmforge: fr2.rpmfind.net
> Excluding mirror: centos.maulvi.net
>  * updates: mirror.viethosting.vn
> Setting up Update Process
> No Packages marked for Update
> [root at sales ~]#
>
> If you notice, centos.maulvi.net is still being used despite me
> putting it on the exclude list of the fastestmirror config. Also, the
> behavior does not seem to be consistent as on another repo (updates),
> the previously excluded mirror.viethosting.vn is used.
>
> Any pointers on what I could be doing wrong? or is this a bug?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Regards,
> Matt
>
>   
Hi Matt,

Just out of curiosity, have you tried putting a . in front of maulvi 
(exclude=.maulvi, .gov.ph, .vn).  This is just from my old cool 
programing days when a misplaced . would drive you nuts. 

HTH.
Lee