yast2 channel support is in smart 0.42.

Mauricio Teixeira (netmask) at Labix Tracker wrote:
> Mauricio Teixeira (netmask) <mteixeira@webset.net> added the comment:
> 
> New version of the patch (r696). Added "=Shr" support (correctly loads
> descriptions for packages not i586).

Updated smart RPMs available (0.41-12):
http://linux01.gwdg.de/~pbleser/rpm-navigation.php?cat=System/smart/
http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/suser-guru/rpm/packages/System/smart/

Includes Mauricio's updated yast2 support patch + patch for issue #64:
http://tracker.labix.org/issue64

New version of the patch (r696). Added "=Shr" support (correctly loads
descriptions for packages not i586).

File: 02-smart-yast2-channel.patch

New version of the patch (r695). Added tests (only works if checking out
packages from svn). Fixes package description handling. Corrected NameProvides
detection.

For those who are testing it, please, re-apply this patch against pristine 0.41,
and report if you find any bugs.

File: 01-smart-yast2-channel.patch

Important note:

I know that applying this patch the way I suggested isn't the best way of doing
it, but it's just an easy and fast way. Feel free to apply it the way you want.
You can either apply the patch against the tarball, or checkout the current svn
branch at:

https://svn.smartpm.python-hosting.com/branches/yast2-channel/

Either way, afther applying the patch you should 'make && make install'.

Issue to track testing and changes on the implementation of YaST2 channel support.

Attached first public patch for testing against release 0.41. Apply as root using:

cd /usr/lib/python/site-packages/smart && patch -p1 < file.patch