diff -Nru eglibc-2.19/debian/changelog eglibc-2.19/debian/changelog
--- eglibc-2.19/debian/changelog	2014-03-24 06:18:15.000000000 +0100
+++ eglibc-2.19/debian/changelog	2014-04-07 16:06:25.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+eglibc (2.19-0ubuntu4) trusty; urgency=low
+
+  * debian/debhelper.in/libc.preinst:
+    - do not show glibc/restart-services question when the system
+      is uprading via the desktop session (LP: #1298281)
+
+ -- Michael Vogt <michael.vogt@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 07 Apr 2014 16:05:00 +0200
+
 eglibc (2.19-0ubuntu3) trusty; urgency=medium
 
   * Merge with unreleased 2.19 from Debian experimental, fixing more bugs:
diff -Nru eglibc-2.19/debian/debhelper.in/libc.preinst eglibc-2.19/debian/debhelper.in/libc.preinst
--- eglibc-2.19/debian/debhelper.in/libc.preinst	2014-03-03 09:23:30.000000000 +0100
+++ eglibc-2.19/debian/debhelper.in/libc.preinst	2014-04-07 16:04:35.000000000 +0200
@@ -253,7 +253,11 @@
                     if [ "$RET" != true ]; then
                         db_reset glibc/restart-services
                         db_set glibc/restart-services "$services"
-                        db_input critical glibc/restart-services || true
+                        if [ "$RELEASE_UPGRADE_MODE" = desktop ]; then
+                            db_input medium glibc/restart-services || true
+                        else
+                            db_input critical glibc/restart-services || true
+                        fi
                         db_go || true
                         db_get glibc/restart-services
                         services="$RET"