Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu Debian updates/ rebooting question

[Andrew Libby <alibby@xforty.com>]

Good thoughts and Info, thanks Chad.

Andy

On 6/27/13 1:17 PM, Chad Waters wrote:
> The Ubuntu Security Announce list details what requires a
> reboot:
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-security-announce
> 
> kernel:
> http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1878-1/
> 
> dbus:
> http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1874-1/
> 
> Its should be more than what requires a reboot though: what
> package upgrades are going to affect the applications and
> services that run on a specific machine? I don't think you
> can script that.
> 
> These packages might be of interest:
> apt-listchanges
> apt-listbugs (I think this is in the ubuntu repos(?), I'm a
> more of a Debian user)
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 11:24 AM, Andrew Libby
> <alibby@xforty.com <mailto:alibby@xforty.com>> wrote:
> 
> 
>     Hi Folks,
> 
>     I manage a number of ubuntu systems for customers.  We apply
>     updates, review logs, deal with incidents, yadda yadda.
> 
>     So when informing a customer that we're going to apply some
>     updates, I'd like to be able to tell them ahead of time
>     if the updates will require a reboot.  I'm hoping I'm
>     missing something simple, but it does not seem straight
>     forward.
> 
>     Here's what I've come up with:
> 
>     sudo apt-get update
>     sudo apt-get --download-only upgrade
> 
>     For each of the packages listed under
> 
>     "The following packages will be upgraded:"
> 
>     dpkg-deb --control package-name
> 
>     grep -rn notify-reboot-required DEBIAN
> 
>     Essentially, if anything in the control area
>     of the package contains notify-reboot-required, it's
>     likely to touch /var/run/reboot-required.
> 
>     Their an easier method to tell ahead of time that anyone
>     knows?
> 
>     Thanks,
> 
>     Andy
> 
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