Bug 112847

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Description of problem:
I have a laptop running RHEL WS 3.0 with all the updates applied
except the most recent kernel patch.

The RedHat icon always shows as having outstanding patches waiting
(red icon), but the only patch available is a kernel patch which I
can't apply. This appears to be related to this particular patch being
released (which I installed) and then re-released with the same
name/version number, so it is conflicting with itself when I try to
install it.

When I load the up2date client, I get a notification that the
following package needs to be updated:
Package Name: kernel
Version: 2.4.21-4.0.1E
Old Version: 2.4.21-4.0.1E
Arch: i686
Size: 6992 kB
Channel: rhel-i386-ws-3

When I try to install it, I get an error saying: "Test install failed
because of package conflicts: package kernel-2.4.21-4.0.1.EL is
already installed"

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
up2date-4.0.1-1

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
This will be tricky to reproduce.. I got into this situtation by
installing the kernel-2.4.21-4.0.1.EL update when it was initially
released and then having the up2date client pick it up again when it
was re-released, but be unable to installed it since it has the same
name/version and thus conflicts with the original release.

For me, I can reproduce it by going into the up2date client and trying
to update the kernel pacakge.

Actual Results:  Test install failed because of package conflicts:
package kernel-2.4.21-4.0.1.EL is already installed

Expected Results:  Either the package shouldn't be listed in up2date
as needing to be installed or it should install correctly.

Additional info: