Peter, All, I got hit by another update mirror failure last night. When there are large updates for factory or like with the new kde, I usually start the update before going to sleep so that it runs overnight and doesn't take up the connection during the business day. Lately at least 50% of all attempted updates fail on one package or another completely ruining the efficiency scheduling updates for the time you are asleep. Last night the following error killed the update: Downloading: libkexiv2-7-4.3.0-111.1.i586.rpm [error] Download (curl) error for 'http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/Factory:/Desktop/openSU...': Error code: Connection failed Error message: couldn't connect to host Abort, retry, ignore? [A/r/i]: r Downloading: libkexiv2-7-4.3.0-111.1.i586.rpm [done (37.4 K/s)] as shown above, simply hitting 'r' (retry) caused the update to continue for the next 20-30 minutes until the next error: Downloading package kppp-4.3.0-94.2.i586 (185/292), 631.0 K (1.7 M unpacked) Downloading: kppp-4.3.0-94.2.i586.rpm [error] Timeout exceed Abort, retry, ignore? [A/r/i]: r Downloading: kppp-4.3.0-94.2.i586.rpm [done (92.4 K/s)] Here again, simply hitting 'r' allowed the update to continue (107 files to go). That go me thinking, until the mirror system can be stabilized, "Why can't zypper be made smart enough to handle these failures?" Some simple logic like "if timeout exceeded or connection failed; then retry package 3 times" would cure 90% of the zypper/yast update failures and help restore unattended update capability for openSuSE. Is this doable? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org