Re: "Held back" updates...

Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:

bp@www.zefox.net writes:

Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:

What command(s) did you use?

The usual,
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

 
I would suggest using ‘apt-get dist-upgrade’, if upgrading manually,
because:
 
(1) ‘apt upgrade’ will currently never remove a package, even if that’s
    necessary to upgrade something else.
 
(2) ‘apt’ is permitted to meaning from version to version, so any advice
    given about it today could be invalidated tomorrow.
 

It does seem that upgrades trickle in slowly, as advertised by the
"update available" icon. It seems as if there needs to be some
additional information offered on when to upgrade and/or reboot.

 
When to upgrade:
 
* I use https://wiki.debian.org/UnattendedUpgrades, which takes most of
  the hassle out of it.
 
When to reboot:
 
* /var/run/reboot-required should be nonempty if you need a reboot.
 
* https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/needrestart should help with
  reboot notifications.
 
* unattended-upgrades mentions any need to reboot in its email
  notifications.

Thank you very much! I wasn't aware of the nuances you've presented.
For now /var/run/reboot-required doesn't exist. I'll start checking
it regularly.

bob prohaska