Scripting Apt-Get (pop-up screens, e.g. with kernel updates)

[Michael Matthews]

All,

I am wondering if anyone can tell me if there's an easy way to get around
the pop-up configuration screens that occur when doing some updates.  One
example of this is with a kernel update.  It appears that the kernel update
wants to inform you that you should reboot soon, and unfortunately the
colorful blue and red screen cannot be circumvented with the usual way.  I
tried this:

> apt-get -y update
> apt-get -y upgrade -or- apt-get -y --force-yes upgrade

Neither of these work.  It seems like I might be able to get around this
screen by manipulating either some apt-get configuration, or some dpkg
configurations, but I'm completely unaware of where this information may be
held.

Thanks for any help!
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