--- loncom/build/CHECKRPMS	2006/10/04 19:47:33	1.3
+++ loncom/build/CHECKRPMS	2006/10/05 17:44:38	1.4
@@ -181,13 +181,20 @@ sub check_with_up2date {
     if (open (PIPE, "$up2date -l 2>&1 |")) {
         my @result=<PIPE>;
         close(PIPE);
+        my $output; 
+        foreach my $line (@result) {
+            if ($line =~ /^The following Packages were marked to be skipped by your configuration:/) {
+                last;
+            } else {
+                $output .= $line;
+            }
+        } 
         if (@result > 0) {
-            my $output = join('',@result);
             if ($output =~ /Fetching Obsoletes list/) {
                 $up2date_error = 0;
                 if ($output =~ /Name\s+Version\s+Rel\s+[\n\r\f]+\-+[\n\r\f]+(.+)/s) {
                     my $packagelist = $1;
-                    unless (($packagelist =~ /^The following Packages were marked to be skipped by your configuration:/) || ($packagelist eq '')) {
+                    if ($packagelist ne '' && $packagelist !~ /^[\s\n\r\f]+$/) {
                         open(TMPFILE,">>$tmpfile");
                         print TMPFILE $packagelist;
                         close(TMPFILE);