For packages in spacewalk debian based repo the linux clients allways show that are to upgrade, even if the same versoin is allready installed. https://www.redhat.com/archives/spacewalk-list/2013-January/msg00112.html TEJB1139H5XEAS info # apt-get upgrade -s Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be upgraded: pss-foxim strace worthless 3 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Inst pss-foxim [2.1] (2.1 spacewalk.fopss.sk [all]) Conf pss-foxim (2.1 spacewalk.fopss.sk [all]) Inst strace [4.5.20-2.3ubuntu1] (4.5.20-2.3ubuntu1 spacewalk.fopss.sk [i386]) Inst worthless [1.0-2] (1.0-2 spacewalk.fopss.sk [all]) Conf strace (4.5.20-2.3ubuntu1 spacewalk.fopss.sk [i386]) Conf worthless (1.0-2 spacewalk.fopss.sk [all])
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 903068 ***
This BZ closed some time during 2.5, 2.6 or 2.7. Adding to 2.7 tracking bug.