https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=435574
Neal Gompa <ngomp...@gmail.com> changed:
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--- Comment #25 from Neal Gompa <ngomp...@gmail.com> ---
(In reply to Rex Dieter from comment #20)
> Re: comment #1
>
> "We don't have such information (to know if a restart is required or not)"
>
> PackageKit presumably does (depending on backend support of course):
> https://blogs.gnome.org/hughsie/2007/08/23/packagekit-requiring-a-restart/
>
> Or at least it did at one time, I don't know it's current state as that post
> is pretty old.
>
> That said, I do agree with the general consensus that offline updates is a
> better option in most scenarios.
PackageKit still supports this, but most backends just don't bother to set the
information whether restart is required and basically set it to not required
unconditionally. Consequently, no frontends care about that information and
don't use it for deciding whether a reboot is required.
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