how do i know i need a reboot after a console based "upgrade"?
Florian Diesch
diesch at spamfence.net
Thu Apr 19 19:21:34 UTC 2007
Chris Lemire <good_bye300 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Florian Diesch <diesch at spamfence.net> wrote:
>
> Florian Diesch wrote:
>
> > "Tomoki Taniguchi" wrote:
> >
> >> when updating a system with the newest packages using the desktop
> >> tools like synaptic,
> >> if a package is upgraded that requires a reboot to take effect,
> >> there is a little icon that shows up on the upper panel to let me know
> >> i need to reboot.
> >>
> >> on a server system, if i do a "sudo apt-get upgrade" or "sudo aptitude
> upgrade"
> >> is there anyway to know i need a reboot?
> >
> > Check if /var/run/reboot-required exists after all packages are
> installed.
>>
> Sorry, it's only a part of the truth:
>
> The kernel package executes
> /usr/share/update-notifier/notify-reboot-required if it exists. The
> package update-notifier provides a version of this script that creates
> /var/run/reboot-required, you may create your own version of it.
>
> The only time you need to reboot Linux is to use a newer kernel.
Yes, but that was not the question. Maybe Tomoki wants to trigger some
action (like beeing notified) if a reboot is needed.
> I've seen many servers with uptimes of more than a year running on
> UPS.
IMHO it is often a good idea to have aplanned reboot like every half a
year or something.
Florian
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