Needrestart

needrestart checks which daemons need to be restarted after library upgrades.

USAGE

Usage:

      needrestart [-(v|q)] [-n] [-c <cfg>] [-r <mode>] [-f <fe>] [-u <ui>] [-(b|p)] [-kl]

-v be more verbose

-q be quiet

-m <mode>

      set level of technical details

  e   (e)asy mode

  a   (a)dvanced mode

-n set default answer to 'no'

-c <cfg>

      config filename

-r <mode>

      set restart mode

  l   (l)ist only

  i   (i)nteractive restart

  a   (a)utomatically restart

      ATTENTION: If needrestart is configured to run in interactive mode but is run non-interactive (i.e.
      unattended-upgrades) it will fallback to list only mode.

-b enable batch mode

-p nagios plugin mode: makes output and exit codes nagios compatible

-f <fe>

      override debconf(7) frontend, sets the DEBIAN_FRONTEND environment variable to <fe>

-u <ui>

      use preferred UI package (-u ? shows available packages)

By using one of the following options only the specified checks are performed:

-k check for obsolete kernel

-l check for obsolete libraries

ENVIRONMENT

The following environment variables can be used to override the config file options. Command line parame‐ ters do always supersede them.

NEEDRESTART_MODE

      Change  the  configured  restart  mode  (see  also the -r parameter): (l)ist only, (i)nteractive or
      (a)utomatically

When used with apt-get(8) needrestart supports the following additional environment variables:

DEBIAN_FRONTEND

      The debconf(7) frontend to use, can also set using the -f parameter.

NEEDRESTART_SUSPEND

      If set to a non-empty value the apt-get(8) hook will not run needrestart after installing or updat‐
      ing packages.

Links

Weblinks

1. https://github.com/liske/needrestart