Why does up2date igonore rpms that I compile for my athlon, for update?

[VJ]

> I suspect up2date is looking for a update matching the architecture of
> the package you already have installed. There won't be an official
> release of any athlon packages, so you'll probably need to build those
> yourself again from the update SRPMS.
> 
> Paul.
> 

Thanks Paul,

  Is there a way to make up2date ignore the architecture? Will doing
so cause any problem (I see in the case of the kernel)?

  I wish there was a flag in up2date which could be used to ignore the
architecture if needed. I am no developer, so I can only wait until
somebody does it.

Regards from
VJ