False positive pending kernel upgrade message

[evgkrsk]

After updating v2.9 -> v2.10 I have see unexpected message about pending kernel upgrade:

root@thinkpad ~ #needrestart -q -r l
Pending kernel upgrade!

Running kernel version:
  4.8.5-un-def-alt1

Diagnostics:
  The currently running kernel version is not the expected kernel version 4.8.5-un-def-alt1.img.

Restarting the system to load the new kernel will not be handled automatically, so you should consider rebooting. [Return]
^C
[1]    6162 interrupt  needrestart -q -r l
root@thinkpad ~ #ls -lht /boot/vmlinu* |egrep -v -- '->'
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3.8M Oct 28 23:13 /boot/vmlinuz-4.8.5-un-def-alt1
root@thinkpad ~ #ls -lht /boot/*.img |egrep -v -- '->'
-rw------- 1 root root 7.3M Oct 30 12:02 /boot/initrd-4.8.5-un-def-alt1.img
root@thinkpad ~ #

Not sure if I must patch-out needrestart for my distribution or there is more generic solution.

[liske]

Hi,

this is a regression due to changes for #38. needrestart thinks your initrd image is a kernel image, tries to get it's version number (and failes) and uses a part of the filename instead.