Well, if you are doing this in the command-line, then generally it would be seen as strange if something GUI wise popped up. And especially so would it be useless if you were in the console with no GUI or you were using apt as a dependency of another program. Then this popup might become quite a nuisance.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to apt in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1411637 Title: apt-get command line upgrade, to know when to restart Status in Ubuntu GNOME: Confirmed Status in apt package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: When you run the application Software Updater and I install some updates which need a restart of your computer, it tells you that you need to restart your computer. But when running this command in Terminal: sudo apt-get upgrade It is not clear whether or not the packages which you have upgraded require a restart of the computer once they have finished upgrading. So what would be really useful instead of having to go and look in your /var/run/ folder to check if /var/run/reboot-required exists, it would be really good if on completion of the command for it to somehow just tell you if a restart is required. Even if it just says either: RESTART REQUIRED = TRUE or RESTART REQUIRED = FALSE Depending on whether or not a restart is needed. Or as it used to do for it to tell you here: Restart_to_complete_updates.bmp Image refereed to has been attached. System information: Description: Ubuntu 14.10 Release: 14.10 Package version information: apt: Installed: 1.0.9.2ubuntu2 Candidate: 1.0.9.2ubuntu2 Version table: *** 1.0.9.2ubuntu2 0 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-gnome/+bug/1411637/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
