Yum tries to retrieve the metadata from slower mirrors before detecting a mirror by the fastestmirror plugin in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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Issue

  • I'm using the fastestmirror yum plugin to detect the fastest mirror in the list.
  • I expected that the metadata was retrieved from the fastest mirror only in yum repolist command. And it works in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
  • But, I saw the different behaviour in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, and it tried to retrieve metadata from slower mirrors before detecting the fastest mirror by the plugin.
  • When some mirrors are not available, it could make a unexpected delay to reach the usable mirror in the mirror list.

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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