This is on my OpenSUSE10.2 system. Smart gets totally confused about what to do
with the opal and pwlib packages.

Doing "smart upgrade --explain" shows:

Upgrading packages (2):
  opal-2.2.5-1.pm.1@i586
    Upgrades:
      opal-2.3.1-30@i586 (upgraded)
    Downgrades:
      opal-2.3.1-30@i586 (upgraded)
    Requires:
      pwlib-1.10.4-1.pm.3@i586 (installed)
    Conflicts:
      opal-2.3.1-30@i586 (upgraded)
  pwlib-1.10.4-1.pm.3@i586
    Upgrades:
      pwlib-1.11.1-27@i586 (upgraded)
    Downgrades:
      pwlib-1.11.1-27@i586 (upgraded)
    Required By:
      opal-2.2.5-1.pm.1@i586 (installed)
    Conflicts:
      pwlib-1.11.1-27@i586 (upgraded)

Downgrading packages (2):
  opal-2.2.5-1.pm.1@i586
    Upgrades:
      opal-2.3.1-30@i586 (upgraded)
    Downgrades:
      opal-2.3.1-30@i586 (upgraded)
    Requires:
      pwlib-1.10.4-1.pm.3@i586 (installed)
    Conflicts:
      opal-2.3.1-30@i586 (upgraded)
  pwlib-1.10.4-1.pm.3@i586
    Upgrades:
      pwlib-1.11.1-27@i586 (upgraded)
    Downgrades:
      pwlib-1.11.1-27@i586 (upgraded)
    Required By:
      opal-2.2.5-1.pm.1@i586 (installed)
    Conflicts:
      pwlib-1.11.1-27@i586 (upgraded)