--- smeserver-yum-2.2.0/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/sysconfig/protected-packages/template-begin.protected	2008-11-24 09:06:30.000000000 -0700
+++ smeserver-yum-2.2.0/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/sysconfig/protected-packages/template-begin	2008-11-24 09:06:30.000000000 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+    $pkgs = $yum{Protected} || 'e-smith-base,smeserver-support';
+    $OUT = join "\n", split /[,;]/, $pkgs;
+}
--- smeserver-yum-2.2.0/createlinks.protected	2008-11-24 09:02:03.000000000 -0700
+++ smeserver-yum-2.2.0/createlinks	2008-11-24 09:07:31.000000000 -0700
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 use File::Basename;
 use File::Path;
 
-foreach my $file (qw(/etc/yum.conf /etc/yum.smerepos.d/sme-base.repo))
+foreach my $file (qw(/etc/yum.conf /etc/sysconfig/protected-packages
+                     /etc/yum.smerepos.d/sme-base.repo))
 {
     templates2events($file, qw(yum-modify bootstrap-console-save));
 }