Package: needrestart Version: 2.8-1~bpo8+1 Followup-For: Bug #826044 In my case, I have no consolation installed. And the problem seems reproducible.
32693 32695 32695 32695 pts/8 14466 Ss 0 0:00 \_ -bash 32695 14466 14466 32695 pts/8 14466 S+ 0 0:00 \_ dpkg --configure -a 14466 14467 14466 32695 pts/8 14466 S+ 0 0:00 \_ sh -c (test -x /usr/lib/needrestart/dpkg-status && /usr/lib/needrestart/dpkg-status || cat > /dev/null) 14467 14468 14466 32695 pts/8 14466 S+ 0 0:00 | \_ sh -c (test -x /usr/lib/needrestart/dpkg-status && /usr/lib/needrestart/dpkg-status || cat > /dev/null) 14468 14469 14466 32695 pts/8 14466 S+ 0 0:00 | \_ /bin/sh /usr/lib/needrestart/dpkg-status 14466 14485 14466 32695 pts/8 14466 S+ 0 0:00 \_ /bin/sh -e /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-4.7.0-0.bpo.1-amd64-unsigned.postinst configure 14485 14498 14466 32695 pts/8 14466 S+ 0 0:00 \_ run-parts --report --exit-on-error --arg=4.7.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 --arg=/boot/vmlinuz-4.7.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 /etc/kernel/postinst.d 14498 14540 14466 32695 pts/8 14466 S+ 0 0:00 \_ /bin/sh -e /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 4.7.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 /boot/vmlinuz-4.7.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 14540 14542 14466 32695 pts/8 14466 S+ 0 0:00 \_ /bin/sh /usr/sbin/update-initramfs -c -t -k 4.7.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 -b /boot 14542 18026 14466 32695 pts/8 14466 D+ 0 0:00 \_ sync 1 7007 6968 6968 ? -1 S 0 0:00 /bin/sh /var/lib/dpkg/info/initramfs-tools.postinst triggered update-initramfs 7007 7008 6968 6968 ? -1 S 0 0:00 \_ /bin/sh /usr/sbin/update-initramfs -u 7008 10548 6968 6968 ? -1 D 0 0:00 \_ sync -- Package-specific info: needrestart output: checkrestart output: -- System Information: Debian Release: 8.6 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 4.6.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages needrestart depends on: ii dpkg 1.17.27 ii gettext-base 0.19.3-2 ii libintl-perl 1.23-1+deb8u1 ii libmodule-find-perl 0.12-1 ii libmodule-scandeps-perl 1.16-1 ii libproc-processtable-perl 0.51-1 ii libsort-naturally-perl 1.03-1 ii libterm-readkey-perl 2.32-1+b1 ii perl 5.20.2-3+deb8u6 ii xz-utils 5.1.1alpha+20120614-2+b3 needrestart recommends no packages. Versions of packages needrestart suggests: pn needrestart-session | libnotify-bin <none> -- no debconf information