-$topurl="https://$PLC_BOOT_HOST" . "/install-rpms/" . $nodefamily;
-
-if (! is_dir (realpath($topdir))) {
- echo "# WARNING: plc-side yum repo $topdir NOT FOUND !!";
- }
+# Thierry : starting with fedora 12, yum complains about not being able to
+# verify the certificates; as we're using gpgcheck on top of the rest,
+# it's safe to use http only
+$topurl="http://$PLC_BOOT_HOST" . "/install-rpms/" . $nodefamily;
+
+if ( is_dir (realpath($topdir))) {
+ echo "# This directory was checked to exist on the server-side\n";
+} else{
+ echo "# WARNING: plc-side yum repo $topdir NOT FOUND !!\n";
+}