Hmm, I've been updating my moko for a while now using ipkg update; ipkg upgrade from the command line, and it's been dutifully telling me it's been upgrading. Today, I decided to try using the package manager for the same purpose, and it told me that a huge number of packages were available to be upgraded -- and it's still working on hauling new versions across and upgrading them.
Umm... don't the two approaches use the same database?
