check_running_kernel (part of nagios-plugins-contrib) fails as a 20.04 LTS Kernel is now LZ4 compressed

[Joop Boonen]

/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_running_kernel
fails with
UNKNOWN: Failed to get a version string from image /boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-66-generic

As the Ubuntu LTS 20.04 Kernel is now LZ4 Compressed.

The command should give this output:
./check_running_kernel
OK: Running kernel matches on disk image: [Linux version 5.4.0-66-generic (buildd@lgw01-amd64-039) (gcc version 9.3.0 (Ubuntu 9.3.0-17ubuntu1~20.04)) #74-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jan 27 22:54:38 UTC 2021]

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[Jan Wagner (waja)]

fixed with 34.20210407

[Jan Wagner (waja)]

Fix was release by Debian package version 34.20210407

[Logan Rosen (logan)]

This bug was fixed in the package nagios-plugins-contrib - 35.20210511

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nagios-plugins-contrib (35.20210511) unstable; urgency=medium

  [ Jérôme Charaoui ]
  * [8782116] Fix check_memory plugin not working when default locale is not
    English (Closes: #985294)

  [ Jan Wagner ]
  * [34891c5] check_ssl_cert: Update to 2.2.0
  * [1eaadba] Auto update of debian/control

 -- Jan Wagner <email address hidden> Tue, 11 May 2021 22:01:33 +0200

nagios-plugins-contrib (34.20210407+1) unstable; urgency=medium

  * [1e227ca] check_ssl_cert: Update to 2.0.1
  * [bb3840a] Auto update of debian/control

 -- Jan Wagner <email address hidden> Wed, 07 Apr 2021 14:06:43 +0200

nagios-plugins-contrib (34.20210407) unstable; urgency=medium

  * [0b2ec08] dsa/control: Adding lz4 and lzop as recommends
  * [7225f0a] check_ssl_cert: Update to 2.0.0
  * [df85cc7] Auto update of debian/control

 -- Jan Wagner <email address hidden> Mon, 15 Mar 2021 20:11:40 +0100

nagios-plugins-contrib (33.20210315) unstable; urgency=medium

  * [177eb97] Adding d/p/dsa/check_running_kernel_focal_fix: Fixes issues with
    focal kernels
  * [2162cf9] d/p/dsa/check_running_kernel_jessie_centos_fix: Adding some more
    binary suggestions
  * [c0ca727] check_ssl_cert/tests: adding man to depends
  * [7a73677] check_ssl_cert: Update to 1.143.0
  * [a21a9b7] check_ssl_cert: Update to 1.144.0
  * [36768c5] check_ssl_cert: Update to 1.145.0
  * [7777072] Revert "check_ssl_cert/tests: adding man to depends"
  * [c8f963e] Auto update of debian/control

 -- Jan Wagner <email address hidden> Thu, 11 Mar 2021 15:45:14 +0100

nagios-plugins-contrib (32.20210311) unstable; urgency=medium

  * [41971bc] check_ssl_cert: Update to 1.142.0
  * [059ebda] Auto update of debian/control

 -- Jan Wagner <email address hidden> Thu, 25 Feb 2021 21:02:03 +0100

nagios-plugins-contrib (31.20210225) unstable; urgency=medium

  * [d90c9ca] check_ssl_cert: Update to 1.140.0
  * [2e3f652] Auto update of debian/control

 -- Jan Wagner <email address hidden> Thu, 25 Feb 2021 19:45:55 +0100

nagios-plugins-contrib (30.20210223) unstable; urgency=medium

  * [e8ad4d9] Move transitional package nagios-plugins-contrib to
    oldlibs/optional per policy 4.0.1.
  * [1d2c802] check_ssl_cert: Update to 1.137.0

 -- Jan Wagner <email address hidden> Thu, 04 Feb 2021 10:14:40 +0100