HI Thomas,

Please find inline comment.

Thomas Reinke wrote:
> Hmm...I agree there's an issue, but I'm not sure if I agree with you on
> the details (but can be arm twisted on this - have not made up my mind).
>
> Having an up to date kernel installed on the system does not
> imply that the up to date kernel is the one running.
> What if a a new kernel was installed, but the system never
> rebooted? I don't know that this should be quietly ignored.
>
> I suppose we could go for the default "normal" case, and
> simply ignore generating a warning providing that the
> up to date (or later) kernel is available.  How often
> I guess it boils down to whether or not we consider the
> lack of a reboot to be something to worry about from an
> audit perspective. If not, then likely a simple update to
> how we check for multiple versions of the same package
> being installed would be in order.  
As you mentioned above a simple update will do.

> Thomas
>   
>
Thank you,
Veerendra GG

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