When Linux prompts to reboot a server – „for reasons“, of course – some background information might be welcome.
Welcome to Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS (GNU/Linux 4.15.0-126-generic x86_64)
* Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com
* Management: https://landscape.canonical.com
* Support: https://ubuntu.com/advantage
...
0 packages can be updated.
0 updates are security updates.
*** System restart required ***
Last login: Tue Dec 8 15:50:09 2020 from 192.168.1.413
First try: đ
user@ubuntu:~$ cat /var/run/reboot-required
*** System restart required ***
Better:
user@ubuntu:~$ cat /var/run/reboot-required.pkgs
libssl1.0.0
linux-base
Let’s go.
Disclaimer
Since i’m trying to get rid of Evernote, too anoying too often, i’ll start to document non-private-stuff here.