Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (600 mails)

["Rajko M." <rmatov101@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Friday 09 October 2009 11:04:58 Doctor Who wrote:

> Is there some way to tell what mirror is being used when I try to
> update using download.opensuse.org/factory/repo/oss for example and is
> there some easy way to choose another or something like using 'fastest
> mirror' like other distros use?

Look in the logs. For instance /var/log/zypper.log should have listed what 
mirror is used, so:

  grep "(log_redirects_curl)" /var/log/zypper.log
 
will give you all involved mirrors. Here that list has 892 lines. 
 
Be aware that redirector (mirrorbrain) at http://download.opensuse.org is 
using multiple mirrors, even during one 'zypper dup' session, and the case 
where download is constantly slow can be something else, not a slow mirror. 
The logic behind mirror selection is quite complex and it takes in account not 
only "the fastest", but file availability, file size, distance from download 
location, and probably more. See http://mirrorbrain.org for more details. 

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