zypper FAIL if using redirector URL (d.o.o), tries to use mirror in Russia?

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#1

I added a zypper repo


    /etc/zypp/repos.d/JavaPackages.repo
        [JavaPackages]
        name=JavaPackages
        enabled=1
        baseurl=http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Java:/packages/openSUSE_Leap_42.3
        type=rpm-md
        priority=45
        autorefresh=1
        gpgcheck=1
        keeppackages=0

When I try to


    zypper dup

I get


    Retrieving: repomd.xml ................................................................[done]
      Repository:       JavaPackages
      Key Name:         Java:packages OBS Project <Java:packages@build.opensuse.org>
      Key Fingerprint:  317538E9 3DF4C664 5CA86921 F7B4039C C2C0E8D4
      Key Created:      Fri 02 Jun 2017 12:33:10 PM PDT
      Key Expires:      Sun 11 Aug 2019 12:33:10 PM PDT
      Rpm Name:         gpg-pubkey-c2c0e8d4-5931bd76
    Retrieving: 6e423d421e806d7a2258ae2f622dbb18827dce7d0cabded8a2d7af6f35a57491-primary.x[error]
    Download (curl) error for 'http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Java:/packages/openSUSE_Leap_42.3/repodata/6e423d421e806d7a2258ae2f622dbb18827dce7d0cabded8a2d7af6f35a57491-primary.xml.gz':
    Error code: Connection failed
    Error message: Could not resolve host: mirror.tspu.ru

If I change to using specific repos


    /etc/zypp/repos.d/JavaPackages.repo
        [JavaPackages]
        name=JavaPackages
        enabled=1
        baseurl=http://anorien.csc.warwick.ac.uk/mirrors/download.opensuse.org/repositories/Java:/packages/openSUSE_Leap_42.3
                http://provo-mirror.opensuse.org/repositories/Java:/packages/openSUSE_Leap_42.3
                http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Java:/packages/openSUSE_Leap_42.3
        type=rpm-md
        priority=45
        autorefresh=1
        gpgcheck=1
        keeppackages=0

then


    zypper dup

works for the repo.

(1) Why is it failing for the redirector repo URL

baseurl=http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Java:/packages/openSUSE_Leap_42.3

?

(2) I’m in Seattle, WA, USA.

Why is it trying anything in Russia? mirror.tspu.ru ?

#2

I’m seeing this behavior on multiple machines, in different locations (all West Coast US though).

Various, seemingly random repos.

Always a fail “to” some random location half way around the world: Russia, Armenia, etc.

#3

I suggest you try that in a browser.

Assuming that you get to that page, click on the link for “details”. That should give the list of mirrors and indicate what are the preferrred mirrors for your IP address.

#4

I’ve done that a lot.

Sometimes there’s a lot of repos offered, some times just a couple.

I don’t get why it fails like I reported.

And, when it does, why it tries to go to Russia, Armenia, etc.

I NO case do I ever want to pull from there.

I know I can WHITELIST specific repos, by adding them as baseurl. As far as I can tell, there’s no way to BLACKLIST specific repos, or by country, is there?