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update-notifier package

  1. Bug #1747499
  2. Comment #2

Comment 2 for bug 1747499

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Andreas Hasenack (ahasenack) wrote :

I think we can agree that the MOTD messaging gets confusing. The best way to fix it is the question.

For example, we go from this:
(...)
*** System restart required ***
 * Canonical Livepatch is available for installation.
   - Reduce system reboots and improve kernel security. Activate at:
     https://ubuntu.com/livepatch

Last login: Tue Feb 6 11:37:27 2018 from 192.168.122.1

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ cat /var/run/reboot-required.pkgs
linux-image-4.4.0-112-generic
linux-base
linux-base
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ uname -r
4.4.0-87-generic

To this, after I install livepatch and login again:
(...)
*** System restart required ***
 * Canonical Livepatch is enabled.
   - All available patches applied.

Last login: Tue Feb 6 11:41:02 2018 from 192.168.122.1
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$

And I do have a lot of CVEs shown in the livepatch status output. "Do I need to reboot or not?" is a question I can imagine the user asking.