5 files changed, 13 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/installer/OpenSLX/OSSetup/Distro/Suse.pm b/installer/OpenSLX/OSSetup/Distro/Suse.pm
index 82ab97c5..e41e919a 100644
--- a/installer/OpenSLX/OSSetup/Distro/Suse.pm
+++ b/installer/OpenSLX/OSSetup/Distro/Suse.pm
@@ -36,8 +36,19 @@ sub initialize
     my $engine = shift;
 
     $self->SUPER::initialize($engine);
-    $self->{'packager-type'}      = 'rpm';
-    $self->{'meta-packager-type'} = $ENV{SLX_META_PACKAGER} || 'smart';
+    $self->{'packager-type'} = 'rpm';
+    
+    # use 'zypper' as meta-packager from 10.2 onwards and use 'smart' for 
+    # older releases
+    my $defaultMetaPackager = 'zypper';
+    if ($self->{'engine'}->{'distro-name'} =~ m{-([^-]+)$}) {
+        my $distroVersion = 0.0 + $1;
+        if ($distroVersion < 10.2) {
+            $defaultMetaPackager = 'smart';
+        }
+    }
+    $self->{'meta-packager-type'} 
+        = $ENV{SLX_META_PACKAGER} || $defaultMetaPackager;
 
     if ($engine->{'action-type'} eq 'install') {
         # Inform SUSE RPMs that we're performing an installation - this is
diff --git a/lib/distro-info/suse-10.2/settings.default b/lib/distro-info/suse-10.2/settings.default
index 5b00c1e8..d808ca38 100644
--- a/lib/distro-info/suse-10.2/settings.default
+++ b/lib/distro-info/suse-10.2/settings.default
@@ -248,7 +248,6 @@ END
         scsi
         sensors
         sharutils
-        smart
         smartmontools
         smpppd
         squashfs-kmp-default
diff --git a/lib/distro-info/suse-10.2_x86_64/settings.default b/lib/distro-info/suse-10.2_x86_64/settings.default
index 190a0a4a..e8e6c68d 100644
--- a/lib/distro-info/suse-10.2_x86_64/settings.default
+++ b/lib/distro-info/suse-10.2_x86_64/settings.default
@@ -249,7 +249,6 @@ END
         scsi
         sensors
         sharutils
-        smart
         smartmontools
         smpppd
         squashfs-kmp-default
diff --git a/lib/distro-info/suse-10.3/settings.default b/lib/distro-info/suse-10.3/settings.default
index ab167235..7217379f 100644
--- a/lib/distro-info/suse-10.3/settings.default
+++ b/lib/distro-info/suse-10.3/settings.default
@@ -160,7 +160,6 @@ END
         scsi
         sensors
         sharutils
-        smart
         smartmontools
         smpppd
         squashfs-kmp-default
diff --git a/lib/distro-info/suse-10.3_x86_64/settings.default b/lib/distro-info/suse-10.3_x86_64/settings.default
index 8752f736..2c46af1f 100644
--- a/lib/distro-info/suse-10.3_x86_64/settings.default
+++ b/lib/distro-info/suse-10.3_x86_64/settings.default
@@ -160,7 +160,6 @@ END
         scsi
         sensors
         sharutils
-        smart
         smartmontools
         smpppd
         squashfs-kmp-default