Hey, This is the layout I came up with for the xml template files <xml 1.0> <yumtemplate> <transaction> <config>/path/to/yum.conf</config> <package action=[update|install|remove]>name/glob</package> <group action=[update|install]>name/glob</group> </transaction> <transaction> <config>/path/to/yum.conf</config> <package action=[update|install|remove]>name/glob</package> <group action=[update|install]>name/glob</group> </transaction> </yumtemplate> comments? suggestions? ideas? -sv