Bug#1110221: release-notes: Desktop restarts during upgrade
On Sat, Aug 02, 2025 at 02:58:19PM +0100, Richard Lewis wrote:
> On Fri, 1 Aug 2025, 16:31 Guillermo Torres Zamora, <
> torreszamoraguillermo@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 1 Aug 2025 13:51:36 +0100 Justin B Rye
> > <justin.byam.rye@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Guillermo Torres Zamora wrote:
> >
> > > This can be triggered if you specifically tell needrestart to restart
> > > processes that are usually left un-restarted, but the package
> > > needrestart probably isn't even installed on your machine.
> >
>
>
> Cinnamon desktop on Xorg and I do have install needrestart, which I
> > forgot about, so it's probably that.
> >
>
> should the release-notes tell people to do something to needrestart to
> prevent this happening? or is this a bug in needsrestart?
needrestart in the default config prompts what should be restarted.
I doubt intended behaviour of needrestart qualifies as a bug, and
it's users need to remember they have it.
Chris
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