Every so often, I'll SSH into a box with unattended-upgrades and be greeted with "** System restart required ***" with no additional information.
My '/var/run/reboot-required.pkgs' file contains:
linux-image-3.13.0-61-generic
linux-base
linux-base
linux-base
I don't mind rebooting, but I don't like rebooting without having details of WHY I should reboot in the first place. Above, I see two packages triggered the message, but there's no explanation beyond that.
Is there a way to get additional details about the reason for the reboot to also show up on SSH sign in?
Ideally, I would like to pull in a file that contains something human-readable like, "Package xyz was updated at [date/time]. It needed to modify files a, b, and c but could not because the system blocked/would block the action. During the next reboot, files a, b, and c will be replaced." But something not completely human-readable is probably okay too.