[Bug 1987449] [NEW] quieter defaults for needrestart

[Seth Arnold]

Public bug reported:

Hello, I've been moderately annoyed to find my apt upgrade tasks hung
waiting on input from me several times:

 ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────┤ Pending kernel upgrade ├───────────────────────────────────────────────┐
 │                                                                                                                        │
 │ Newer kernel available                                                                                                 │
 │                                                                                                                        │
 │ The currently running kernel version is 5.15.0-43-generic which is not the expected kernel version 5.15.0-46-generic.  │
 │                                                                                                                        │
 │ Restarting the system to load the new kernel will not be handled automatically, so you should consider rebooting.      │
 │                                                                                                                        │
 │                                                         <Ok>                                                           │
 │                                                                                                                        │
 └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘


The correct fix isn't the easiest thing to find, especially if you don't
know what you're looking for: https://askubuntu.com/a/1424249/33812
(though there are many examples of simply uninstalling the package).

Can we turn down the annoyingness of this tool in our default
configuration?

Thanks

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: needrestart 3.5-5ubuntu2.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-43.46-generic 5.15.39
Uname: Linux 5.15.0-43-generic ppc64le
.sys.firmware.opal.msglog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/sys/firmware/opal/msglog'
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.1
Architecture: ppc64el
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
Date: Tue Aug 23 21:37:06 2022
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-04-22 (853 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Beta ppc64el (20200409)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcLoadAvg: 0.07 0.02 0.00 1/416 68574
ProcSwaps:
 Filename				Type		Size		Used		Priority
 /swap.img                               file		4194240		0		-2
ProcVersion: Linux version 5.15.0-43-generic (buildd at bos02-ppc64el-027) (gcc (Ubuntu 11.2.0-19ubuntu1) 11.2.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Ubuntu) 2.38) #46-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jul 12 10:28:27 UTC 2022
RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks.
SourcePackage: needrestart
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2022-08-08 (15 days ago)
VarLogDump_list: total 0
cpu_cores: Number of cores present = 8
cpu_coreson: Number of cores online = 8
cpu_smt: SMT=4
mtime.conffile..etc.needrestart.needrestart.conf: 2022-08-23T21:36:57.040965

** Affects: needrestart (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug jammy ppc64el uec-images

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Title:
  quieter defaults for needrestart

Status in needrestart package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Hello, I've been moderately annoyed to find my apt upgrade tasks hung
  waiting on input from me several times:

   ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────┤ Pending kernel upgrade ├───────────────────────────────────────────────┐
   │                                                                                                                        │
   │ Newer kernel available                                                                                                 │
   │                                                                                                                        │
   │ The currently running kernel version is 5.15.0-43-generic which is not the expected kernel version 5.15.0-46-generic.  │
   │                                                                                                                        │
   │ Restarting the system to load the new kernel will not be handled automatically, so you should consider rebooting.      │
   │                                                                                                                        │
   │                                                         <Ok>                                                           │
   │                                                                                                                        │
   └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘


  The correct fix isn't the easiest thing to find, especially if you
  don't know what you're looking for:
  https://askubuntu.com/a/1424249/33812 (though there are many examples
  of simply uninstalling the package).

  Can we turn down the annoyingness of this tool in our default
  configuration?

  Thanks

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
  Package: needrestart 3.5-5ubuntu2.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-43.46-generic 5.15.39
  Uname: Linux 5.15.0-43-generic ppc64le
  .sys.firmware.opal.msglog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/sys/firmware/opal/msglog'
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.1
  Architecture: ppc64el
  CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
  Date: Tue Aug 23 21:37:06 2022
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-04-22 (853 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Beta ppc64el (20200409)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcLoadAvg: 0.07 0.02 0.00 1/416 68574
  ProcSwaps:
   Filename				Type		Size		Used		Priority
   /swap.img                               file		4194240		0		-2
  ProcVersion: Linux version 5.15.0-43-generic (buildd at bos02-ppc64el-027) (gcc (Ubuntu 11.2.0-19ubuntu1) 11.2.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Ubuntu) 2.38) #46-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jul 12 10:28:27 UTC 2022
  RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks.
  SourcePackage: needrestart
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2022-08-08 (15 days ago)
  VarLogDump_list: total 0
  cpu_cores: Number of cores present = 8
  cpu_coreson: Number of cores online = 8
  cpu_smt: SMT=4
  mtime.conffile..etc.needrestart.needrestart.conf: 2022-08-23T21:36:57.040965

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