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markling
Asked: 2019-06-18 08:59:45 +0800 CST

What happens if I tell Software Updater : [y] Restart services during package upgrade without asking?

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Ubuntu Software Updater just offered me a checkbox while updating libssl1.1amd64:

Restart services during package upgrades without asking?

Is this permanent or per update session? And what are the risks of it putting a spanner in my works?

(The button is, alas, not very informative.)

I can guess how this might be good and how it might potentially cause problems. Likewise, I can imagine times when it won't matter if it screws up my current workspaces + tasks, and times when I'm in the middle of something and can't risk the interruption.

So I can't really answer the question without first knowing whether by checking the box I make the choice permanent, and what risks there are to my workflow and various open docs etc. So does it, and what does it?

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1 Answers

  1. Two options. If the question is asked ...

    1. in a GUI/desktop it will be permanent (there tends to be an "apply" button then). There are a few exceptions: when you start something that shows a graphical guide it could be 1 time (but the examples I can think of are the installer and gparted).
    2. during a terminal action (ie. server, a tty login or a terminal prompt in a desktop) it will be 1 time only. For the option to be permanent you would need to alter a configuration file yourself.
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