up2date: not very bright, is it?

[Sjoerd Mullender]

Elton Woo wrote:
> I've just launched up2date to fetch stuff from the RHN beta channel.
> Usually, I just "select all" ... and wer'e off! However, I had to
> redo my selections because the "new" and "old" versions are the
> same.
> 
> You'd think that if up2date found that if it found that both versions
> were the _same_ it would automatically skip the selected package(s)
> wouldn't /shouldn't it? ... or should I enter this as an RFE?

I've noticed this a few times myself too.  I found out that I had two 
versions of the same package installed.  After managing to delete the 
older version whilst making sure the files from the newer didn't get 
deleted all was well with up2date.