[Bug 1411637] Re: apt-get command line upgrade, to know when to restart

[Henry Fleminger Thomson]

** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  apt-get command line upgrade, to know when to restart

Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  When you run the application Software Updater and I install some
  updates which need a restart of your computer, it tells you that you
  need to restart your computer. But when running this command in
  Terminal: sudo apt-get upgrade

  It is not clear whether or not the packages which you have upgraded
  require a restart of the computer once they have finished upgrading.

  So what would be really useful instead of having to go and look in
  your /var/run/ folder to check if /var/run/reboot-required exists, it
  would be really good if on completion of the command for it to somehow
  just tell you if a restart is required. Even if it just says either:

  RESTART REQUIRED = TRUE

  or

  RESTART REQUIRED = FALSE

  Depending on whether or not a restart is needed. Or as it used to do
  for it to tell you here: Restart_to_complete_updates.bmp

  Image refereed to has been attached.

  System information:

  Description:	Ubuntu 14.10
  Release:	14.10

  Package version information:

  apt:
    Installed: 1.0.9.2ubuntu2
    Candidate: 1.0.9.2ubuntu2
    Version table:
   *** 1.0.9.2ubuntu2 0
          500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

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