[Bug 2063442] [NEW] needrestart on Ubuntu 24.04 is restarting google-guest-agent startup and shutdown scrips on reinstall but they should not be restarted

[Philip Roche]

Public bug reported:

The recent change in Ubuntu 24.04 and needrestart which results in
services being restarted automatically , details @
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/noble-numbat-release-
notes/39890#services-restart-on-unattended-upgrade-26, has resulted in
unexpected behaviour on Google GCE ubuntu 24.04 images where if the
google-guest-agent package is reinstalled then needrestart will restart
the `google-startup-scripts.service` and `google-shutdown-
scripts.service` but these should only be run during the lifetime of the
instance and should not be restarted.

It can be worked around by setting `NEEDRESTART_SUSPEND=1` prior to any
re-install as per the needrestart man pages @
https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/noble/man1/needrestart.1.html?&_ga=2.32620542.1557010342.1713949275-1490161839.1713949275#environment
or by appending to the needrestart configuration `echo
"\$nrconf{override_rc}{qr(^google-(shutdown|startup)-scripts\.service$)}
= 0;" >> /etc/needrestart/conf.d/google-guest-agent.conf` which will
disable this behaviour for any future google-guest-agent upgrade or
reinstall.

This bug is to track the work of getting this added to the packaged
`/etc/needrestart/needrestart.conf` configuration.

Similar to the work done for cloud-init @
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/needrestart/+bug/2059337

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

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

** Also affects: needrestart (Ubuntu Noble)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Title:
  needrestart on Ubuntu 24.04 is restarting google-guest-agent  startup
  and shutdown scrips on reinstall but they should not be restarted

Status in needrestart package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in needrestart source package in Noble:
  New

Bug description:
  The recent change in Ubuntu 24.04 and needrestart which results in
  services being restarted automatically , details @
  https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/noble-numbat-release-
  notes/39890#services-restart-on-unattended-upgrade-26, has resulted in
  unexpected behaviour on Google GCE ubuntu 24.04 images where if the
  google-guest-agent package is reinstalled then needrestart will
  restart the `google-startup-scripts.service` and `google-shutdown-
  scripts.service` but these should only be run during the lifetime of
  the instance and should not be restarted.

  It can be worked around by setting `NEEDRESTART_SUSPEND=1` prior to
  any re-install as per the needrestart man pages @
  https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/noble/man1/needrestart.1.html?&_ga=2.32620542.1557010342.1713949275-1490161839.1713949275#environment
  or by appending to the needrestart configuration `echo
  "\$nrconf{override_rc}{qr(^google-(shutdown|startup)-scripts\.service$)}
  = 0;" >> /etc/needrestart/conf.d/google-guest-agent.conf` which will
  disable this behaviour for any future google-guest-agent upgrade or
  reinstall.

  This bug is to track the work of getting this added to the packaged
  `/etc/needrestart/needrestart.conf` configuration.

  Similar to the work done for cloud-init @
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/needrestart/+bug/2059337

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