Re: configuration files info is missing

seth vidal wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-05-25 at 10:37 +0200, krepo wrote:
>> Greetings
>>
>> I'm writting some kind of web based repository controller/monitor. Unfortunally i have problems with .repo files. There is baseurl and mirrorlist, both documented, but one information is missing. If I specify both of them in one file, which one YUM will use to connect to repository? Is this a logical choice (eg. baseurl always before mirrorlist) or a physical choice eg:
>> [reposection]
>> name=reponame
>> baseurl=http://use.me.first
>> mirrorlist=http://do.not.use.me.or.use.me.if.baseurl.fail
>>
>> There is one more thing. If both are used, are they merged?
>> Thanks for attention and have a nice day :>
> 
> they are both used. No, baseurl is not used first. They are merged into
> the url list for that repo.

The one chosen is random out of the constructed list, unless you include 
{in yum.conf or the .repo file}:
failovermethod=priority

This has been useful for me - I set my internal mirror as the top 
baseurl, then my isp's mirror {free downloads}, and then if the info is 
still not found it uses the mirrorlist.  {fedora core 6}

DaveT.