Should removing old kernels trigger the "reboot required" message?

Fri Apr 7 21:03:02 UTC 2017

At Fri, 7 Apr 2017 17:34:14 +0200 "Ubuntu user technical support,  not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

> 
> On Fri, 07 Apr 2017 09:10:42 +0100, Adam Funk wrote:
> >Is there a good reason why the system sets the reboot files in this
> >case?
> 
> No, there isn't. It's 100% rubbish!

Yes, there is probably some check of the dates of grub.cfg and last boot time 
or something like that.  Or some flag file created when apt-get update files 
in /boot that get cleared at boot time.  Or some nonsense like that.  

> 
> 

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