diff -Nur smeserver-yum-2.6.0.old/root/usr/lib/yum-plugins/smeserver.py smeserver-yum-2.6.0/root/usr/lib/yum-plugins/smeserver.py
--- smeserver-yum-2.6.0.old/root/usr/lib/yum-plugins/smeserver.py	2020-11-10 22:20:55.981000000 -0500
+++ smeserver-yum-2.6.0/root/usr/lib/yum-plugins/smeserver.py	2020-11-10 22:22:04.999000000 -0500
@@ -289,7 +289,8 @@
         for ktemplates in templateslist:
             #print ktemplates
             mytemplatedir = '/etc/e-smith/templates/' + ktemplates
-            if os.path.exists(mytemplatedir):
+            mytemplatemeta = '/etc/e-smith/templates.metadata/' + ktemplates
+            if os.path.exists(mytemplatedir) or  os.path.exists(mytemplatemeta):
                 os.spawnl(os.P_WAIT, expand_template, expand_template, ktemplates)
 
     if len(serviceslist)>0: