Comment # 20 on bug 984778 from Tony Mechelynck

yay, it works! (unsurprisingly, I suppose) ��� even when there are updates but no
patches:

linux-2iyu:~ # (zypper lu -t package -t patch || echo 'exit status' $? ; date )
2>&1 |tee -a ~/zypper.log
Retrieving repository 'RWTH:Leap-42.3-Packman' metadata [...done]
Building repository 'RWTH:Leap-42.3-Packman' cache [....done]
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...

Patches
No updates found.


Package updates

S | Repository             | Name        | Current Version      | Available
Version    | Arch
--+------------------------+-------------+----------------------+----------------------+-------
v | RWTH:Leap-42.3-Packman | libx264-152 | 0.152svn20180305-2.1 |
0.152svn20180305-3.1 | x86_64
Mon 16 Apr 14:18:57 CEST 2018
linux-2iyu:~ # (zypper patch --with-update || echo 'exit status' $? ; date )
2>&1 |tee -a ~/zypper.log
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
Resolving package dependencies...

The following package is going to be upgraded:
  libx264-152

1 package to upgrade.
Overall download size: 340.2 KiB. Already cached: 0 B. No additional space will
be used or freed after the operation.
Continue? [y/n/...? shows all options] (y):
Retrieving package libx264-152-0.152svn20180305-3.1.x86_64 (1/1), 340.2 KiB
(915.9 KiB unpacked)
Retrieving: libx264-152-0.152svn20180305-3.1.x86_64.rpm [.done (99.0 KiB/s)]
Checking for file conflicts: [...done]
(1/1) Installing: libx264-152-0.152svn20180305-3.1.x86_64 [.........done]
Mon 16 Apr 14:19:46 CEST 2018
linux-2iyu:~ #