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First, update applet stopped working after upgrade to KDE 4.4.2. It's always "Checking for updates..." without finding any, even though I can always see new ones through Yast - Online Update.

And sometimes it asks me to accept some key, when I click OK it asks me for a root password but after I type in half of the password it simply disappears and starts "Checking for updates..." again without end. Or it stops with a DBus Error.

Second, YAST doesn't show any newer packages anymore but rather has "Switch system packages" on the top. If I click on that, then it starts showing newer packages and wants to update them all. But what if I want to use Packman's packages for multimedia and Factory KDE for KDE? If I select "Switch system packages" for KDE then it will update, for example, Kaffeine to KDE's but I want to keep it Packman's. If I search for Kaffeine, it shows no newer packages, but if I go to Versions, there's clearly a newer version there!

And why does YAST show most of my Packman packages installed are higher revision than what's on Packman? Did Packman downgrade most of its packages? If I do "Switch system packages" for the Packman's repository, it wants to delete heaps of packages and downgrade a lot more?

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Re. Update applet:
1. Click on update applet
2. Check Now

Re. YAST:
1. YAST - Software Management - Repositories - Packman - Switch system packages
2. or if I search for Kaffeine

This used to work before
Actual Results:  
Re. Update applet:
1. Shows "Checking for updates..." forever, without finding any
2. If I go to YAST - Online Update it finds new updates nearly every day

Re. YAST:
1. Asks to downgrade tens or maybe hundreds of packages and delete some
3. it shows no newer packages available but if I go to Versions, there's clearly a newer version there

This used to work before

Expected Results:  
1. Update applet is supposed to find updates

2. YAST must show newer packages regardless of what repository they belong to, it's my choice then to choose which version I want to upgrade to. Switching all packages to repository's is nonsense. What I I only want to switch some but not the others?