Public bug reported:
The gnome-shell package requests a reboot even if no GNOME desktop is
running.
This reminds me too much of how Microsoft Windows only knows about
itself. Windows assumes it is the only OS and overwrites GRUB, and now
gnome-shell is assuming it's the only desktop environment (even ignoring
the fact that Linux always has TTY too) and requests that everyone
reboot even if just its users need to relog. It's also too much like how
Windows will tell the user to restart their computer when just a single
service needs to be restarted, while gnome-shell is now also telling the
user to restart their computer if the just need to relog, possibly with
a `killall5`.
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 22.10
Release: 22.10
$ apt-cache policy gnome-shell
gnome-shell:
Installed: 43.1-0ubuntu1
Candidate: 43.1-0ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 43.1-0ubuntu1 500 (phased 80%)
500 https://gpl.savoirfairelinux.net/pub/mirrors/ubuntu
kinetic-updates/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
43.0-1ubuntu2 500
500 https://gpl.savoirfairelinux.net/pub/mirrors/ubuntu kinetic/main
amd64 Packages
# Expected Behavior
There should not be a reboot notification in my KDE tray after running
apt upgrade. No gnome desktop is logged in.
# Actual Behavior
There is a needless reboot notification in my KDE tray.
`/var/run/reboot-required` exists.
$ cat /var/run/reboot-required.pkgs
gnome-shell
# Analysis
In gnome-shell_43.1-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb there is control.tar.zst which has
postinst. In that script there is not check for whether a gnome-session is
running. Perhaps a `if ps -ef | grep -q gnome-shell; then` could be added. Even
Firefox only tells you to restart only running instances.
---
ProblemType: Bug
ApportVersion: 2.23.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CurrentDesktop: KDE
DisplayManager:
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.10
Package: gnome-shell 43.1-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: amd64
RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks.
RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 43.0-1ubuntu4
ShellJournal: -- No entries --
Tags: third-party-packages kinetic wayland-session
Uname: Linux 6.0.12-surface x86_64
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to kinetic on 2022-09-29 (77 days ago)
UserGroups: dialout docker kvm lpadmin lxd plugdev sudo systemd-journal video
wireshark
_MarkForUpload: True
** Affects: gnome-shell (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-collected kinetic third-party-packages wayland-session
** Tags added: apport-collected kinetic third-party-packages wayland-
session
** Description changed:
The gnome-shell package requests a reboot even if no GNOME desktop is
running.
This reminds me too much of how Microsoft Windows only knows about
itself. Windows assumes it is the only OS and overwrites GRUB, and now
gnome-shell is assuming it's the only desktop environment (even ignoring
the fact that Linux always has TTY too) and requests that everyone
reboot even if just its users need to relog. It's also too much like how
Windows will tell the user to restart their computer when just a single
service needs to be restarted, while gnome-shell is now also telling the
user to restart their computer if the just need to relog, possibly with
a `killall5`.
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 22.10
Release: 22.10
$ apt-cache policy gnome-shell
gnome-shell:
Installed: 43.1-0ubuntu1
Candidate: 43.1-0ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 43.1-0ubuntu1 500 (phased 80%)
500 https://gpl.savoirfairelinux.net/pub/mirrors/ubuntu
kinetic-updates/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
43.0-1ubuntu2 500
500 https://gpl.savoirfairelinux.net/pub/mirrors/ubuntu kinetic/main
amd64 Packages
# Expected Behavior
There should not be a reboot notification in my KDE tray after running
apt upgrade. No gnome desktop is logged in.
# Actual Behavior
There is a needless reboot notification in my KDE tray.
`/var/run/reboot-required` exists.
$ cat /var/run/reboot-required.pkgs
gnome-shell
# Analysis
- In gnome-shell_43.1-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb there is control.tar.zst which
- has postinst. In that script there is not check for whether a gnome-
- session is running. Perhaps a `if ps -ef | grep -q gnome-shell; then`
- could be added. Even Firefox only tells you to restart only running
- instances.
+ In gnome-shell_43.1-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb there is control.tar.zst which has
postinst. In that script there is not check for whether a gnome-session is
running. Perhaps a `if ps -ef | grep -q gnome-shell; then` could be added. Even
Firefox only tells you to restart only running instances.
+ ---
+ ProblemType: Bug
+ ApportVersion: 2.23.1-0ubuntu3
+ Architecture: amd64
+ CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
+ CurrentDesktop: KDE
+ DisplayManager:
+
+ DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.10
+ Package: gnome-shell 43.1-0ubuntu1
+ PackageArchitecture: amd64
+ RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks.
+ RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 43.0-1ubuntu4
+ ShellJournal: -- No entries --
+ Tags: third-party-packages kinetic wayland-session
+ Uname: Linux 6.0.12-surface x86_64
+ UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to kinetic on 2022-09-29 (77 days ago)
+ UserGroups: dialout docker kvm lpadmin lxd plugdev sudo systemd-journal video
wireshark
+ _MarkForUpload: True
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1999833
Title:
gnome-shell update should not request a reboot if it is not running
Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
The gnome-shell package requests a reboot even if no GNOME desktop is
running.
This reminds me too much of how Microsoft Windows only knows about
itself. Windows assumes it is the only OS and overwrites GRUB, and now
gnome-shell is assuming it's the only desktop environment (even
ignoring the fact that Linux always has TTY too) and requests that
everyone reboot even if just its users need to relog. It's also too
much like how Windows will tell the user to restart their computer
when just a single service needs to be restarted, while gnome-shell is
now also telling the user to restart their computer if the just need
to relog, possibly with a `killall5`.
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 22.10
Release: 22.10
$ apt-cache policy gnome-shell
gnome-shell:
Installed: 43.1-0ubuntu1
Candidate: 43.1-0ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 43.1-0ubuntu1 500 (phased 80%)
500 https://gpl.savoirfairelinux.net/pub/mirrors/ubuntu
kinetic-updates/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
43.0-1ubuntu2 500
500 https://gpl.savoirfairelinux.net/pub/mirrors/ubuntu kinetic/main
amd64 Packages
# Expected Behavior
There should not be a reboot notification in my KDE tray after running
apt upgrade. No gnome desktop is logged in.
# Actual Behavior
There is a needless reboot notification in my KDE tray.
`/var/run/reboot-required` exists.
$ cat /var/run/reboot-required.pkgs
gnome-shell
# Analysis
In gnome-shell_43.1-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb there is control.tar.zst which has
postinst. In that script there is not check for whether a gnome-session is
running. Perhaps a `if ps -ef | grep -q gnome-shell; then` could be added. Even
Firefox only tells you to restart only running instances.
---
ProblemType: Bug
ApportVersion: 2.23.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CurrentDesktop: KDE
DisplayManager:
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.10
Package: gnome-shell 43.1-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: amd64
RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks.
RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 43.0-1ubuntu4
ShellJournal: -- No entries --
Tags: third-party-packages kinetic wayland-session
Uname: Linux 6.0.12-surface x86_64
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to kinetic on 2022-09-29 (77 days ago)
UserGroups: dialout docker kvm lpadmin lxd plugdev sudo systemd-journal video
wireshark
_MarkForUpload: True
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