tags 819824 fixed-upstream
thanks
Hi,
the easy mode is now using debconf for user notification and is part
of the needrestart 2.8 release.
HTH,
Thomas
On Sun, May 08, 2016 at 12:34:08PM +0200, Thomas Liske wrote:
> Hi Patrick,
>
> I've added a first implementation of a easy mode:
>
> # needrestart -r l -m e
> Scanning processes...
>
> Scanning candidates...
>
> Scanning linux images...
>
> Some services need to be restarted!
> Some user sessions running outdated binaries!
>
> This system runs outdated binaries, you should consider rebooting!
> For more details, run 'needrestart -m a'.
>
>
> The new CLI option '-m' (there is a config file option, too) can be
> used to switch between (e)asy and (a)dvanced mode. I will put the
> final notification ("This system...") into debconf, so debconf will
> notify the user using its own UI implementation.
>
> The default configuration is using advanced mode and interactive
> restarts - but you could easily override it by a config file in
> /etc/needrestart/conf.d/.
>
> There is still some testing and tuning required, maybe you could give
> it a try? If you have needrestart 2.7-1 installed it should be suffice
> to grab the needrestart command from git
> (i.e. https://raw.githubusercontent.com/liske/needrestart/master/needrestart).
>
>
> HTH & TIA,
> Thomas
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 02:08:51PM +0200, Thomas Liske wrote:
> > tags 819824 upstream
> > thanks
> >
> >
> > Hi Patrick,
> >
> > On Sat, Apr 02, 2016 at 07:18:39PM +0000, Patrick Schleizer wrote:
> > > we are wondering if needrestart should be installed by default in Whonix.
> > >
> > > When needrestart is automatically run during apt-get dist-upgrade,
> > > I am concerned, that its output by default is too technical and verbose
> > > and will therefore add more confusion.
> >
> > ACK
> >
> > > Therefore I am hereby kindly asking if you could add an easy mode please?
> > >
> > > - can be enabled by dropping some file into /etc/needrestart/conf.d
> > > - no automatic restart
> > > - it's output would be limited to the following
> > >
> > > > Services need to be restarted. Reboot recommended.
> > > > For more information, see 'man needrestart'.
> > >
> > > Or does the current configuration already allow configuring needrestart
> > > that way?
> >
> > to disable any restarts you could try:
> >
> > # Restart services (l)ist only, (i)nteractive or (a)utomatically.
> > $nrconf{restart} = 'l';
> >
> > But it will still print the commands to restart the affected services.
> > To reduce the output to a minimum as in your example requires changes
> > in needrestart.
> >
> >
> > HTH,
> > Thomas
> >
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