diff -Nur smeserver-yum-2.6.0.old/root/sbin/e-smith/yum_update_dbs smeserver-yum-2.6.0/root/sbin/e-smith/yum_update_dbs
--- smeserver-yum-2.6.0.old/root/sbin/e-smith/yum_update_dbs	2008-10-07 10:25:45.000000000 -0400
+++ smeserver-yum-2.6.0/root/sbin/e-smith/yum_update_dbs	2019-12-05 10:46:46.695000000 -0500
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@
     unlink YUM_CRON_FLAG;
 }
 
+# avoid error with no installed groups file.
+system("yum groups mark convert -d 0 -e 0 1>/dev/null") unless (-d "/var/lib/yum/groups/");
+
 # XXX - WARNING - XXX
 #
 # For speed and to reduce log noise, we don't use