yum安装升级php,mysql报错：epel. Please verify its path and try again

yum安装时出现：Cannot retrieve metalink for repository: epel. Please verify its path and try again

在CentOS 6.3
x86_64下安装php-mcrypt的时候出现了问题：Error: Cannot retrieve metalink for
repository: epel. Please verify its path and try again，需要安装epel源。
解决方法： 一句话：把/etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo，文件第3行注释去掉，把第四行注释掉。具体如下：
打开/etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo，将
[epel]

name=Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 6 - $basearch

#baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/$basearch

mirrorlist=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=epel-6&arch=$basearch

修改为
[epel]

name=Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 6 - $basearch

baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/$basearch

#mirrorlist=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=epel-6&arch=$basearch