I have been running a Suse 9.0 machine with the GNOME2 desktop for some time. I use yast on an almost daily basis to do an "online" update and keep the system updated. I was very surprised to learn that apparently SuSE does not make GNOME2 updates available via Yast, but you can get them from ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/supplementary/GNOME2/updates_for_9.0. There are three main directories underneath this path, base, applications, and devel. Here is my dilemma, how can I automatically download and install updated RPMs from these directories automatically, taking care of dependencies and such? I do not want to install _all_ the RPMS that are available at this site, since I do not need nor want all the applications and development tools on my machine (I understand and have no problem installing all the updated RPMS available in the base directory). Thanks in advance for any help, -- --Moby They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -- Benjamin Franklin First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the Communists and I did not speak out because I was not a Communist. Then they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak out for me. -- Pastor Martin Niemöller