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

[Nikita Yerenkov-Scott]

Well, if you are doing this in the command-line, then generally it would
be seen as strange if something GUI wise popped up. And especially so
would it be useless if you were in the console with no GUI or you were
using apt as a dependency of another program. Then this popup might
become quite a nuisance.

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

Status in Ubuntu GNOME:
  Confirmed
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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