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needrestart package

quieter defaults for needrestart

Bug #1987449 reported by Seth Arnold
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needrestart (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Hello, I've been moderately annoyed to find my apt upgrade tasks hung waiting on input from me several times:

 ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────┤ Pending kernel upgrade ├───────────────────────────────────────────────┐
 │ │
 │ Newer kernel available │
 │ │
 │ The currently running kernel version is 5.15.0-43-generic which is not the expected kernel version 5.15.0-46-generic. │
 │ │
 │ Restarting the system to load the new kernel will not be handled automatically, so you should consider rebooting. │
 │ │
 │ <Ok> │
 │ │
 └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

The correct fix isn't the easiest thing to find, especially if you don't know what you're looking for: https://askubuntu.com/a/1424249/33812 (though there are many examples of simply uninstalling the package).

Can we turn down the annoyingness of this tool in our default configuration?

Thanks

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: needrestart 3.5-5ubuntu2.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-43.46-generic 5.15.39
Uname: Linux 5.15.0-43-generic ppc64le
.sys.firmware.opal.msglog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/sys/firmware/opal/msglog'
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.1
Architecture: ppc64el
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
Date: Tue Aug 23 21:37:06 2022
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-04-22 (853 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Beta ppc64el (20200409)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcLoadAvg: 0.07 0.02 0.00 1/416 68574
ProcSwaps:
 Filename Type Size Used Priority
 /swap.img file 4194240 0 -2
ProcVersion: Linux version 5.15.0-43-generic (buildd@bos02-ppc64el-027) (gcc (Ubuntu 11.2.0-19ubuntu1) 11.2.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Ubuntu) 2.38) #46-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jul 12 10:28:27 UTC 2022
RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks.
SourcePackage: needrestart
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2022-08-08 (15 days ago)
VarLogDump_list: total 0
cpu_cores: Number of cores present = 8
cpu_coreson: Number of cores online = 8
cpu_smt: SMT=4
mtime.conffile..etc.needrestart.needrestart.conf: 2022-08-23T21:36:57.040965

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Seth Arnold (seth-arnold) wrote :
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Seth Arnold (seth-arnold) wrote (last edit ):

Ha, the linked askubuntu post doesn't have the full set of changes. So, for the next time I need this:

/etc/needrestart/needrestart.conf
$nrconf{verbosity} = 0;
$nrconf{kernelhints} = -1;
$nrconf{sendnotify} = 0;
$nrconf{restart} = 'l';
$nrconf{ui} = 'NeedRestart::UI::stdio';

(Granted, I might not have this exactly right, it's hard to tell, since I just installed all the available updates.)

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in needrestart (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package needrestart - 3.6-7ubuntu3

---------------
needrestart (3.6-7ubuntu3) noble; urgency=medium

  * debian/tests:
    - prompt-reboot: mark the tests as needing a VM since needrestart doesn't
      do kernel detection when within a container
    - *.py: migrate off some deprecated libtmux APIs
    - *.py: make tests less sensible to performance issues on the runners

 -- Simon Chopin <email address hidden> Fri, 08 Mar 2024 16:01:08 +0100

Changed in needrestart (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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