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...; the plugin config file: > > /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/fastestmirror.conf ok I did this, and then did some yum install - works without timeout where could I tell yum to use existing mirrors in my near instead of one on the other side of the world? in this config I saw remarked the following: #include_only=.nl,.de,.uk,.ie when I set enabled=1 and removed the #-comment on this line 'yum list kernel' shows this: Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, security Determining fastest mirrors epel/metalink | 8.6 kB 00:00 * base: ftp.us...

I note that duke.edu matches uk, and unl.edu matches nl. Maybe they are regular expressions, i just tried with #include_ony=\.nl,\.de and got less surprising results On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 3:50 PM, Walter H. <Walter.H at mathemainzel.info> wrote: > On 16.06.2016 21:39, Ned Slider wrote: > >> >> On 16/06/16 19:41, Walter H. wrote: >> >>> On 16.06.2016 19:40, Frank Cox wrote:...

On 16.06.2016 20:51, Warren Young wrote: > On Jun 16, 2016, at 12:41 PM, Walter H.<walter.h at mathemainzel.info> wrote: >> On 16.06.2016 19:40, Frank Cox wrote: >>> On Thu, 16 Jun 2016 19:34:09 +0200 >>> Walter H. wrote: >>> >>>> Yes, but doesn't help ... >>>> the same before ... >>>> >>>> by the way, I

On 16.06.2016 19:40, Frank Cox wrote: > On Thu, 16 Jun 2016 19:34:09 +0200 > Walter H. wrote: > >> Yes, but doesn't help ... >> the same before ... >> >> by the way, I can't image that there is no mirror in Europa, >> and that the "timeout"-mirrors from US are the fastest; > yum -disableplugin=fastestmirror nowseewhathappens. > >

In another recent thread,[1] someone was having trouble with the yum-plugin-fastestmirror feature, so I suggested he remove it, since it?s just a plugin and should therefore be optional. He reported that it couldn?t be removed due to package dependencies. I investigated further and found that this also affects CentOS 5.11 and CentOS 7.2. (The OP is on CentOS 6.8.) So, I reported it as a bug