[Mageia-discuss] urpmi does fetches packages from a mirror, even if they exist on the install DVD

[Juergen Harms]

 > Definitely sounds weird, normally urpmi always preferred
 > local repositories. So best file a bug report about that.

I found the reason: I always keep (kept) the cdrom medium last in my 
list of media (i.e. sequence in /etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg, as determined by 
the sequence observed when media are created).

In the past, urpmi nevertheless preferred the cdrom medium, but that has 
apparently changed quite recently. I have now moved the cdrom medium to 
be the first my in urpmi.cfg, and everything is fine again.

Is this a bug? probably not - I dont think that the way urpmi determines 
media priority is specified. But I think it is good to be aware of this 
fact, in case somebody else hits this kind of problem.