consistent up2date run-time error

[Bill Nottingham]

Robert P. J. Day (rpjday at mindspring.com) said: 
>   for the first time since installing severn, i decided to give
> up2date a test.  i "rpm --import"ed the appropriate GPG key, but
> everything i try regarding up2date gives me:
> 
> There was an SSL error: [('SSL routines', 'SSL3_GET_SERVER_CERTIFICATE', 
> 'certificate verify failed')]
> A common cause of this error is the system time being incorrect. Verify 
> that the time on this system is correct.
> 
> 
>   i've verified that the system time is correct (just how "correct"
> does it have to be? :-), so i'm a little puzzled.
> 
>   hints?  given that i haven't paid a lot of attention to up2date
> lately, this might be an old problem that's been hashed out before,
> so i apologize if this is old news.


https://rhn.redhat.com/help/latest-up2date.pxt

Bill