--- a/tests/test-obsolete.t	Thu Aug 23 12:23:34 2012 +0200
+++ b/tests/test-obsolete.t	Thu Aug 23 03:14:03 2012 +0200
@@ -446,6 +446,13 @@
   $ hg id -n
   8
 
+Check that named update do too
+
+  $ hg update default
+  0 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
+  $ hg id -n
+  8
+
   $ hg up null -q # to be not based on 9 anymore
 
 check rebase compat