FS#67977 - [linux] reboot-required

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Evaggelos Balaskas (ebal) - Wednesday, 23 September 2020, 21:34 GMT
Last edited by freswa (frederik) - Wednesday, 23 September 2020, 22:04 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:

May I suggest to have a hook or something similar (perhaps a touch in PKGBUILD) that can create a reboot-required file in every linux update ?

touch /var/run/reboot-required

and perhaps remove this file on every boot ?

This could help users to understand when they need to reboot their machine and in general in cloud images based on archlinux, or via cloud-init and in general automated the upgrade process.

thanks in advance,

Additional info:
* package version(s)
* config and/or log files etc.
* link to upstream bug report, if any

Steps to reproduce:
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Closed by  freswa (frederik)
Wednesday, 23 September 2020, 22:04 GMT
Reason for closing:  Won't implement
Additional comments about closing:  Please follow the pacman output closely. Not only for reboot reasons, but also for errors in the initramfs or pacnew files. You don't need a reboot-required file then.

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