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Thanks, checkrestart looks useful. I wasn't aware of it. Given that it's in a goodies package though, I assume it's not integrated with apt—at least by default

by orra 6y ago

Thanks, checkrestart looks useful. I wasn't aware of it. Given that it's in a goodies package though, I assume it's not integrated with apt—at least by default. I'm thinking of that apt prompt that says "There are services installed on your system which need to be restarted when certain libraries, such as libpam, libc, and libssl, are upgraded." I presume then that uses a hardcoded list of important services.

ece 6y ago
I can't help with checkrestart or apt questions, but if I can plug 'needrestart -r a': it restarts services, messages outdated shells/user logins and checks for newer kernels/microcode. It will also tell you if any interpreters/containers need restarting, but YMMV here. It's never blown up for me even when restarting boot services, and should work on any distro as far as I can tell. I use it on Gentoo.