Re: update, reboot required?
On 3/19/22, Peter Ehlert wrote:
>
> On 3/19/22 06:32, piorunz wrote:
>> On 19/03/2022 10:02, songbird wrote:
>>
>>> there is also package debian-goodies which has the
>>> command checkrestart. i'm not sure which is better.
>>>
>>
>> All I know is that needrestart works for me, it correctly prompts for
>> computer reboot after kernel upgrade; and offers to restart various
>> services if reboot is not required.
>
> thanks.
>
> I now have both needrestart and needrestart-session installed.
>
> Question: do either run in the background?
Seems like that isn't necessary:
https://github.com/liske/needrestart
There are some hook scripts in the ex/ directory (to be used with
apt and dpkg.
The scripts will call needrestart after any package installation/upgrades.
Regards,
Lee
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