When I run yum repolist it shows me that epel is enabled:

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repo id              repo name                                 status

epel                 Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 5 -   enabled

rhel-i386-server-5   None                                      enabled

rhel-i386-server-vt- None                                      enabled

rhn-tools-rhel-i386- None                                      enabled

Any kind of yum activity appears to not use epel

yum search vim

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rhel-i386-server-vt-5     100% |=========================| 1.4 kB    00:00    

rhel-i386-server-5        100% |=========================| 1.4 kB    00:00    

rhn-tools-rhel-i386-serve 100% |=========================| 1.2 kB    00:00 

yum check-update vim

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rhel-i386-server-vt-5     100% |=========================| 1.4 kB    00:00    

rhel-i386-server-5        100% |=========================| 1.4 kB    00:00    

rhn-tools-rhel-i386-serve 100% |=========================| 1.2 kB    00:00

Should there be an epel 100% entry in the lists above if it was searched for vim?

I know my version of vim is not up to date: vim-common-7.0.109-3.el5.3.

Do I need to reinstall the epel repository?

Marc