software-properties-gtk should permit to upgrade only the packages that doesn't requiere reboot
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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software-properties (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Wishlist
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: software-
I've set the automatic updates radio button to "install security updates without confirmation".
Now, after almost every automatic upgrade i find that my ubuntu system is to be rebooted.
This is quite annoying me, because it leaves me back to the windows days, when I had to reboot windows almost daily beacuse of freezes or things not working well. Now, while my system is quite robust, I'm in the same situation for a different reason. Reboot as soon as possible!
I intend that this reboot messages are mostly due to kernel security fixes, but my system is a standalone one and I'm behind a robust router and firewall, so that I'm not exposed to attacks, and so I'm not in the need of installing all the security updates immediately.
I'd appreciate if update-manager gave me the possibility to upgrade only those packages whose upgrade doesn't require a system reboot.
This perhaps could be accomplished very easily mantaining a file with the list of patterns that expands to packages that need reboot when upgraded.
One more automatic updates radio button would be required in software-
description: | updated |
Changed in software-properties (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
Thanks for your bugreport.
Doing that in a generic way is pretty difficult. But maintaining a list of known packages that require a reboot is simple enough. I mark it confirmed.