Darac Marjal wrote: > I'm not sure when the functionality was added (disclaimer: I run Sid, > but have had this for quite a while now), but there is now a > distribution-lead way of telling the user when a reboot is required. > When a package such as linux-base is updated, the postinstall script > touches /var/run/reboot-required and appends its name (i.e. > 'linux-base') to /var/run/reboot-required.pkgs.
That functionality is in the update-notifier-common package, a dependency of update-notifier and eventually a dependency of update-manager-gnome and as such is normally installed with a GNOME desktop installation to put an icon in the system tray. Your suggestion is a good one but update-notifier-common isn't always installed. For example if you have a headless server then a full desktop session manager isn't needed. I hate to be a rainy day but using the update-notifier isn't going to be as reliable as crosschecking the running kernel with /proc/version. Bob
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