Software Update No Longer Updates

In the last month or so I noticed SOFTWARE UPDATE no longer updates my iMac. I noticed this when I tried to update my OSX to 10.4.8 from 10.4.7. It manages to check for new software, the progress bar completes and everything seems OK with the computer. I even deleted the SU prefs but it still says "SU doesn't have any new software for your computer at this time" even though I know I can update a whole new bunch of stuff. Manually installing 10.4.8 doesn't work either. Am i gonna have to archive and re-install to get SU and manual installations to work again? I ran Disk Utility,repaired permissions and all is clear.
Anybody else having problems here?

Reset Ignored Updates is on the Software Update menu i.e. just right of the  Apple Menu.
Again if you don't have any joy then I suggest using Pacifist and your OS X install disc to re-install just Software Update.
As SU seems to be having issues then replacing it should be the easy answer.
kind regards
mrtotes

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{quote:title=Jeffrey Lee wrote:}
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