diff -Nur smeserver-yum-2.6.0.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/crontab/check4contribsupdates smeserver-yum-2.6.0/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/crontab/check4contribsupdates
--- smeserver-yum-2.6.0.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/crontab/check4contribsupdates	2016-02-05 18:19:58.000000000 -0500
+++ smeserver-yum-2.6.0/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/crontab/check4contribsupdates	2019-01-23 20:32:05.803000000 -0500
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
-    return "\n# yum check for smecontribs updates is disabled\n" unless (($yum{status} eq 'enabled') && ($yum{CheckContribs} eq 'enabled'));
+    use esmith::ConfigDB;
+    my $ydb = esmith::ConfigDB->open_ro('yum_repositories')
+        or die "Couldn't open yum_repositories";
+    my $smecontribs=$ydb->get_prop('smecontribs','status') || 'disabled';
+
+    return "\n# yum check for smecontribs updates is disabled\n" unless ( ($yum{status} eq 'enabled') && ($yum{CheckContribs} eq 'enabled') && ($smecontribs eq 'disabled') );
  
     my $freq = $yum{check4updates} || 'daily';