Help needed to understand the next course of action - Security Updates

[ejwjohn]

Hello,

Apologies my limited experience in all things (Rpi OS) Linux OS is coming to the surface again...

I am trying to keep my system up to date on a regular basis but this time i have come across a series of messages that I have not seen before and in some parts do not make sense the way I read them, and as this is associated with security I want to make sure I am doing the correct thing.
please see the following screenshot.

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When I issue the upgradable command I get a message that suggests I have options??
Then when i read the results of the next command with the -a option i get info that "suggests" the latest version is installed...but it is not...

What do I do to correct this issue, please? my attempts at googling this have ot given me any clear way forward.

Thanks
JohnW

[rpdom]

Nothing to worry about. Just run "sudo apt full-upgrade" and everything will be updated to the correct version.

It's quite common to have more than one version of a package available, especially on Debian when it comes to security related fixes. They have separate areas for normal and security fix versions so you will see both as being available. Apt will automatically choose the highest priority (usually the newest) version to install.

To clarify your situation:

You currently have linux-image-amd64 version 5.10.120-1 installed.

Two newer versions are available:
* Version 5.10.158-2 is the standard version.
* Version 5.10.162-1 has some extra security fixes in.

Apt will choose the latest of those versions unless told otherwise.

The upgrade messages are really just informational. Just let apt do its thing.

[ejwjohn]

Thank You rpdom,

This a very informative response, I really appreciate that.

Thank You again

JohnW