Been using 'smart' for a while on SuSE 10.0. Lately, ever *more* repositories (e.g., as mirrors) are being added to /etc/smart/channels whenever I upgrade 'smart' itself. I have problems with that: - "kde-supplementary" was automatically added as a new channel. But I did not choose 'kde' when I first built my 10.0 system. WHY put in an useless-to-me channel ? - I have a SLOW dial-up line. When a package is added to the "security" repositories, my system has to fetch the latest index from all the mirrors now specified for the "security" channel. Slows completion of 'smart update' by a LOT. - Today 'smart update' had trouble accessing a repository in Belgium. That caused smart to produce an error message, and wait for my acknowledgment. I normally walk away and do other things while 'update' runs. But this time, when I came back, 'update' still had lots to do after I had intervened. With 'apt-get update' I can put in the '-m' flag and depend on it not "hanging part-way". Bottom line: KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF my /etc/smart/channels directory. mikus