[mirror-admin] MM & dynamic DNS behind NAT?

[Matt_Domsch at Dell.com]

EPEL doesn't have a yum that recognizes metalinks or an ordered
mirrorlist.  Therefore MM is more conservative with the mirrorlist it
returns.  F7 and newer return use an ordered mirrorlist, so that's what
MM returns.

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Matt Domsch
Technology Strategist, Dell Office of the CTO
linux.dell.com & www.dell.com/linux

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From: mirror-list-d-bounces at redhat.com
[mailto:mirror-list-d-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Chris Adams
Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 2:16 PM
To: A private discussion group for official mirrors of ftp.redhat.com
Subject: Re: MM & dynamic DNS behind NAT?

Once upon a time, Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch at dell.com> said:
> On Thu, Jul 09, 2009 at 10:54:16AM -0500, Matt Domsch wrote:
> > I'm about to push out a new copy of MM which lets you use a DNS name
> > in your netblock lists.  As long as you can keep that DNS name
> > pointing at the right address, you'll be in pretty good shape.
> 
> OK, this is in place now.  Netblocks can now be either an IP address
> block (18.0.0.0/8) or a hostname.  If a hostname, all the A records
> for that name will be looked up and added to the list at the top of
> each hour.
> 
> Let me know if this helps, or fails in any new ways.

May be unrelated, but the EPEL 5 mirror lists are odd.  If I go to
"/mirrorlist?...", I get my mirror (and only my mirror) listed.  If I go
to "/metalink?...", not only do I not get my mirror, I don't get
geolocated mirrors (I think all the returned mirrors are in Europe,
while I'm in the US).

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Chris Adams <cmadams at hiwaay.net>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.

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