Comment # 5 on bug 1219345 from Martin Wilck

(In reply to Michael Andres from comment #3)
> No, a re-install is not 'remove and install'. 
> It's an `update` to the same version (rpm -U --replacepkgs).

Not confirmed. I just ran 

rpm -U --replacepkgs
/var/cache/zypp/packages/download.opensuse.org-oss/x86_64/kernel-default-6.7.1-2.1.x86_64.rpm

and I got no conflicts.