From 5512765e1e1b8b91adefd5fae353ebab6ff9d9b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kenneth Finnegan Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2024 15:55:07 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Updated conf_ref to reflect change in fastestmirror behavior --- doc/conf_ref.rst | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/conf_ref.rst b/doc/conf_ref.rst index 501b0bb595..b7bd4b71f4 100644 --- a/doc/conf_ref.rst +++ b/doc/conf_ref.rst @@ -953,7 +953,10 @@ configuration. ``fastestmirror`` :ref:`boolean ` - If enabled a metric is used to find the fastest available mirror. This overrides the order provided by the mirrorlist/metalink file itself. This file is often dynamically generated by the server to provide the best download speeds and enabling fastestmirror overrides this. The default is False. + If enabled, TCP socket latency is used to find the closest available mirror. + A mirror is then selected at random with less than twice the lowest latency for load balancing purposes. + This overrides the order provided by the mirrorlist/metalink file itself, + and does not take into consideration mirrorlist parameters such as mirror bandwidth nor preferred mirrors for client IP addresses. .. _gpgcheck-label: