Re: "Service restarts being deferred"

[Jesper Dybdal <jd-debian-user@dybdal.dk>]

On 2020-12-19 17:14, Dan Ritter wrote:
> Jesper Dybdal wrote:
> > I run Buster with unattended updates configured to allow reboots.
> >
> > Sometimes after an update, the log contains:
> >
> > > Service restarts being deferred:
> > > ??systemctl restart systemd-logind.service
> > > ??systemctl restart unattended-upgrades.service
> > I don't understand why these services are not restarted, if necessary
> > through a reboot.
> >
> > I want my system to be able to run truly unattended for a long time, so
> > necessary restarts should be done without waiting for manual intervention.??
> > And if the restarts are not necessary, why are they there at all, though
> > deferred?
> >
> > So what have I misunderstood?
> In your /etc/apt/apt.conf.d,  edit a file named 50unattended-upgrades
>
> // Automatically reboot *WITHOUT CONFIRMATION* if
> //  the file /var/run/reboot-required is found after the upgrade
> Unattended-Upgrade::Automatic-Reboot "true";
>
> // Automatically reboot even if there are users currently logged
> // in.
> Unattended-Upgrade::Automatic-Reboot-WithUsers "true";
>
> Without those two lines, you get the behavior you currently
> have.
>
> Not everyone wants automatic reboots; not everyone wants
> automatic reboots even with someone logged in.

Thanks.
I already have Automatic-Reboot set, and it correctly causes reboot 
after for instance kernel upgrades.
I do not have Automatic-Reboot-WithUsers set, since I did not imagine it 
would make a difference when there actually are no users logged in.
But I'll try setting it also and see if that somehow makes a difference.

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Jesper Dybdal
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