@@ -250,8 +250,10 @@ failovermethod=priority

 enabled=0

 gpgcheck=0

 EOF

-    # bare yum call due to --enablerepo

-    sudo yum --enablerepo=epel-bootstrap -y install epel-release || \

+    # Enable a bootstrap repo.  It is removed after finishing

+    # the epel-release installation.

+    sudo yum-config-manager --enable epel-bootstrap

+    yum_install epel-release || \

         die $LINENO "Error installing EPEL repo, cannot continue"

     # epel rpm has installed it's version

     sudo rm -f /etc/yum.repos.d/epel-bootstrap.repo