Bug#584979: update-manager-gnome: bogus restart required message when installing extra linux kernel packages

[Josselin Mouette]

Le mardi 08 juin 2010 à 10:33 +0800, Paul Wise a écrit :
> Package: update-manager-gnome
> Version: 0.200.3-2
> Severity: normal
> 
> I installed linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64 from unstable and
> linux-image-2.6.34-1-amd64 from experimental via aptitude on a virtual
> console. When I switched back to my desktop, after the install was
> finished, update-manager told me that I needed to restart the computer.
> Obviously this is false since I'm not overwriting or removing my current
> Linux images/modules.

First this is not update-manager but update-notifier which showed the
warning.

Second, it is obvious that you need to reboot after installing a new
kernel, regardless of whether or not it overwrote the current modules.
Our ABI checks are now fine so it’s not expected to crash randomly when
you upgrade the running kernel in place, but in all cases you need to
reboot to have the new kernel.

Cheers,
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