Hi all, I managed to solve this problem for me. In all my profiles I arranged the sections as below <software> <patterns> <packages> <remove-packages> </software> I noticed that in autoyast this order was rearranged after the import of my first profile. In the file 'base_profile.xml' generated by the merging process in autoyast the three sections were listed now in this order <software> <packages> <patterns> <remove-packages> </software> Packages has now moved to first position. As Frank Steiner wrote in a similar post the section order in your profiles is important for merging !!! http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-autoinstall/2009-07/msg00043.html I rearranged the sections in my profiles now according to this and it works fine for me. Thanks Frank for your hint :) Maybe this workaround helps other in merging their own patterns into autoyast :) Regards, Werner Hack -- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+help@opensuse.org