solution to up2date trying to install an already installed package?

[nosp]

Think I saw a post on this a few days ago without any conclusions.  Has
anyone seen up2date try to install an already-installed package and then
complain about how the files conflict (obviously)?  Is there a solution?

Example output:
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Testing package set / solving RPM inter-dependencies...
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RPM package conflict error.  The message was:
Test install failed because of package conflicts:
package kernel-smp-2.4.22-1.2088.nptl is already installed
file /boot/System.map-2.4.22-1.2088.nptlsmp from install of
kernel-smp-2.4.22-1.2088.nptl conflicts with file from package
kernel-smp-2.4.22-1.2088.nptl
file /boot/config-2.4.22-1.2088.nptlsmp from install of
kernel-smp-2.4.22-1.2088.nptl conflicts with file from package
kernel-smp-2.4.22-1.2088.nptl
...and so forth
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TIA