diff -Nur -x '*.orig' -x '*.rej' smeserver-yum-1.2.0/createlinks mezzanine_patched_smeserver-yum-1.2.0/createlinks
--- smeserver-yum-1.2.0/createlinks	2008-01-07 03:32:53.000000000 -0700
+++ mezzanine_patched_smeserver-yum-1.2.0/createlinks	2008-01-07 03:31:47.000000000 -0700
@@ -4,11 +4,10 @@
 use File::Basename;
 use File::Path;
 
-templates2events("/etc/yum.conf",
-			qw(
-				yum-modify
-				bootstrap-console-save
-			));
+foreach my $file (qw(/etc/crontab /etc/yum.conf))
+{
+    templates2events($file, qw(yum-modify bootstrap-console-save));
+}
 
 for ( qw(install remove update) )
 {
diff -Nur -x '*.orig' -x '*.rej' smeserver-yum-1.2.0/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/crontab/check4updates mezzanine_patched_smeserver-yum-1.2.0/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/crontab/check4updates
--- smeserver-yum-1.2.0/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/crontab/check4updates	1969-12-31 17:00:00.000000000 -0700
+++ mezzanine_patched_smeserver-yum-1.2.0/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/crontab/check4updates	2008-01-07 03:23:06.000000000 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+    return "\n# yum check for updates is disabled\n" unless $yum{status} eq 'enabled';
+
+    my $freq = $yum{check4updates} || 'daily';
+    my $min = int(rand(60));
+    my $hour = int(rand(5));
+    my $dow = substr(localtime,0,3);
+
+    if ($freq eq 'weekly') {
+        return "\n$min $hour * * $dow root check4updates -m\n";
+    } elsif ($freq eq 'monthly') {
+        return "\n$min $hour 15 * * root check4updates -m\n";
+    } else {
+        return "\n$min $hour * * * root check4updates -m\n"
+    }
+}