Public bug reported: If a system is using canonical livepatch, has it enabled, and patches are applied, it could be confusing for a user to receive a "system restart required" messages in the MOTD when logging in.
That message, when present, is printed by 98-reboot-required which essentially just cats /var/run/reboot-required to stdout. That file is placed by packages that require a reboot so that they are properly used in their updated versions. Examples that come to mind are libc and the kernel. There is a secondary file that can be created which says which packages requested the reboot. That would be /var/run/reboot-required.pkgs Ideally that script should not print out the reboot required message if a) livepatch is installed and enabled; b) the only trigger for the reboot is a kernel update. For (a), one can use the command "ubuntu-advantage is-livepatch-enabled" and check $?. That is in the ubuntu-advantage-tools package. ** Affects: update-notifier (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1747499 Title: 98-reboot-required and Interaction with livepatch To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-notifier/+bug/1747499/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs