On Thu, May 11, 2023 at 6:19 PM Major Hayden <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey there, > > I was reading through BZ 2192127[0] and it's a request for enhancement to > recognize when a system needs a reboot after package updates. Here's the > scenario: > > 1) User launches an instance and requests package updates on boot > 2) Instance boots and dnf updates packages > 3) Some of the packages (openssl perhaps) need a reboot to take effect > 4) cloud-init recognizes that the system needs a reboot after the package > update > 5) cloud-init reboots the system > > On Debian/Ubuntu systems, apt will write a file to /var/run/reboot-required > that provides a hint that a reboot is needed. After cloud-init finishes its > run, it checks to see if that file is present and then reboots the system > immediately[1]. > > We can use `tracer` in Fedora to determine if a reboot is needed. When you > run it, it prints out what needs to be done after the most recent dnf update. > It has some exit codes that tell you what needs to be done. The biggest two > are: > > 103: You need to restart your user session > 104: The whole machine needs a reboot > > Adding tracer includes a few Python dependencies that aren't terribly large. > However, there may be an easier way to do this that I'm not considering. Does > anyone else have any lightweight ways that cloud-init could determine if a > reboot is needed? > > [0] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2192127 > [1] > https://github.com/canonical/cloud-init/blob/main/cloudinit/config/cc_package_update_upgrade_install.py#L119-L140
I think it would be reasonable and useful to preload tracer and the dnf plugin for it. -- 真実はいつも一つ！/ Always, there's only one truth! _______________________________________________ cloud mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
