What's up with yum?

[seth vidal]

> sudo yum update
> not using ftp, http[s], or file for repos, skipping -

if you're using one of the mirrorlists this message is coming from a
blank line in the mirrorlist.

If you're not using the mirrorlist then you've got a badly formed
baseurl in your yum.conf or *.repo file

> 
> You have enabled checking of packages via GPG keys. This is a good thing.
> However, you do not have any GPG public keys installed. You need to download
> the keys for packages you wish to install and install them.
> You can do that by running the command:
>     rpm --import public.gpg.key
> For more information contact your distribution or package provider.

This is a new, informative message. :)


-sv