diff -Nur -x '*.orig' -x '*.rej' e-smith-lib-1.18.0/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/generic_template_expand mezzanine_patched_e-smith-lib-1.18.0/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/generic_template_expand
--- e-smith-lib-1.18.0/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/generic_template_expand	2007-10-31 15:56:47.000000000 -0400
+++ mezzanine_patched_e-smith-lib-1.18.0/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/generic_template_expand	2007-10-31 15:53:58.000000000 -0400
@@ -52,18 +52,10 @@
     # processTemplate args, then expand the template
     s/^\.//;
     $filename = $_;
-    %args = (
+    warn "expanding $filename\n";
+    esmith::templates::processTemplate({
 		MORE_DATA => { EVENT => $event },
 		TEMPLATE_PATH => $filename,
 		OUTPUT_FILENAME => $filename,
-	    );
-    open(FILE, "${templates_dir}${filename}");
-    while (<FILE>)
-    {
-	($param, $value) = split(/=/, $_, 2);
-	$args{$param} = eval $value; warn $@ if $@;
-    }
-    close(FILE);
-    warn "expanding $filename\n";
-    esmith::templates::processTemplate(\%args);
+	    });
 }