needrestart 3.6
* Security:
- [Interp] CVE-2022-30688: Anchor interpreter regex to prevent local privilege escalation.
(responsibly reported by Jakub Wilk)
* Features:
- [Core] Add support for runit.
(Debian Bug#972685 by Lorenzo Puliti <plorenzo@disroot.org>)
- [VM] Add support to detect outdated VM processes (i.e. qemu).
(github pull request #216 by )Christian Ehrhardt @cpaelzer)
* Changes:
- [Cont] Improve LXD container support.
(github pull request #188 by James TD Smith @ahktenzero)
- [Cont] Update cgroup regex for LXC 4.0.
(github pull request #215 by James TD Smith @ahktenzero)
- [Cont] Support cgroup v2 for docker.
(github pull request #234 by Markus Frosch @lazyfrosch)
- [Cont] Support cgroup v2 for LXC/LXD.
(github pull request #238 by Trent Lloyd @lathiat)
- [Core] Support cgroup v2 for services and user sessions.
- [Core] Support systemd manager restart on Ubuntu 20.04+.
(github pull request #195 by Lars Kollstedt @LarsKollstedt)
- [Core] Do not restart bluetooth.service by default.
(github pull request #209 by Erik Tews @eriktews)
- [Core] Do not restart elogind by default.
(github issue #205 by @HumanG33k)
- [Core] Output user sessions in batch mode.
(github pull request #232 by @anarcat)
- [Core] Use ImVirt for virtualization detection if not running on systemd.
(Debian Bug#984789 by Patrik Schindler <poc@pocnet.net>)
- [Interp] Add tolerance when checking script file ctimes to avoid false positives.
(github pull request #233 by Corey Hickey @bugfood)
- [Kernel] Replace strings(1) by GNU grep to drop binutils dependency.
(Debian Bug#986507 by Trent W. Buck <trentbuck@gmail.com>)
* Fixes:
- [Core] Fix comment for default value of `skip_mapfiles`.
(github pull request #179 by @iasdeoupxe)
- [Interp] Fix detection for ruby script started from relative paths.
(github pull request #182 by Alexander Neumann @rtpt-alex)
- [Core] Fix typos.
(github pull request #189 by @wwuck)
(github pull request #193 by Stefan Weil @stweil)
- [Core] Fix verbose/verbosity confusion in needrestart.conf.
(github pull request #197 by Jan-Philipp Litza @jplitza)
- [Core] Ignore memfd files like used by nvidia's binary drivers.
(github pull request #200 by Jan Visser @starquake)
- [Core] Ignore all memfd mappings.
(Debian Bug#972685 by Michail Bachmann <m.bachmann@cms.hu-berlin.de>)
- [Core] Ignore Java Native Access mappings.
(github issue #142 by @nirgal)
(github issue #185 by Ivan Zaera @izaera)
- [Core] nagios: Do not print perfdata data in unkown state.
(github pull request #222 by Lorenz @RincewindsHat)
- [uCode] Fix 'uninitialized value' on AMD.
(github pull request #226 by Christian Garbs @mmitch)
* Misc:
- Minor cleanups (whitespaces, shellcheck, ...).
(github pull request #217 by @a1346054)
- Update README.batch.md.
(github pull request #219 by Stavros Ntentos @stdedos)
- Add icinga2 example config.
(github pull request #223 by Lorenz @RincewindsHat)
- [uCode] Fix lsinitrd example.
(github pull request #240 by Corey Hickey @bugfood)
-- Thomas Liske <thomas@fiasko-nw.net> Tue, 17 May 2022 17:00:00 +0200
needrestart 3.5
* Features:
- [uCode] Check for pending AMD microcode updates (experimental).
(Debian Bug#886611 by Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org>)
(github issue #150 by Tom Reynolds @tomreyn and Mark Wagie @yochananmarqos)
* Changes:
- [Core] Add network.service to blacklist.
(github pull request #145 by Marc Dequènes (Duck) @duck-rh)
- [uCode] Check microcode revision of each individual CPUs.
- [Kernel] Support kernel image filename filtering required for Raspbian.
(github issue #146 by @takichikawa)
(github issue #155 by Fenhl @fenhl and Christian @git-developer)
- [uCode] Support local override for iucode_tool call.
(github issue #148 by @mphilipps and Marc Dequènes (Duck) @duck-rh)
- [notify] Add app name to notify-send call.
(github issue #76 by @Vladimir-csp)
* Fixes:
- [Core] Do not restart networking.service.
(Debian Bug#922725 by Timo Sigurdsson <public_timo.s@silentcreek.de>).
- [Core] Fix typo in man page for env variable DEBIAN_FRONT(END).
(Debian Bug#922864 by Lee Garrett <debian@rocketjump.eu>)
(Debian Bug#923853 by Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com>)
- [Interp] Restore cwd when skipping processes with unavailable cwd.
(github issue #147 by Stavros Ntentos @stdedos)
- [Core] Remove leading zero before testing in map_files.
(Debian Bug#928225 by Alexander Galanin <al@galanin.nnov.ru>)
- [Core] Fix typos in ex/needrestart.conf.
(github pull request #163 by Simon Brand @brandsimon)
- [UI] Don't fail when terminal has zero columns width.
(github pull request #167 by @libnoon)
- [Core] Ignore mapped files not found on filesystem (stat) to suppress
chroot false positives.
(github issue #158 by @mphilipps)
(github issue #152 by Ivan Kurnosov @zerkms and @djl)
- [Core] Supress warnings from Proc::ProcessTable.
(github issue #170 by @mphilipps)
- [CONT] Fix docker detection on CentOS 7.
(github issue #165 by Christian Ruppert @idl0r)
- [notify] Fix notify-send not working with dbus-user-session.
(github issue #76 by @Vladimir-csp)
- [Core] Ignore mapped files in temporary directories.
(Debian Bug#925408 by Donald Pellegrino <donald.a.pellegrino@gmail.com>)
-- Thomas Liske <thomas@fiasko-nw.net> Sun, 22 Mar 2020 17:36:57 +0100
needrestart 3.4
* Features:
- [L10n] Add Czech localization.
(github pull request #131 by @p-bo)
(github pull request #132 by @p-bo)
(github pull request #133 by @p-bo)
- [Core] Add FRR to override.
(github pull request #138 by David Lamparter @eqvinox)
- [Core] Detect if run inside a container or vm using systemd.
(github issue #139 by Tobby @tobby88)
- [Core] Skip needrestart in apt hook if system is shutting down.
(Debian Bug#914753 by Balint Reczey <balint.reczey@canonical.com>)
* Changes:
- [Core] Do restart systemd-journald (again).
(see also Debian Bug#771122, #771254 and #898818)
(Debian Bug#898818 by Mathieu Parent <sathieu@debian.org>)
* Fixes:
- [uCode] Ignore broken microcode files (required for CentOS).
(github issue #123 by Marc Dequènes (Duck) @duck-rh)
- [uCode] Parse output of old iucode-tool 1.5.
(github pull request #127 by Lutz Heermann @LuHee)
- [uCode] Prevent microcode false positives for BIOS updates.
(Debian Bug#906958 by Maik Zumstrull <maik@zumstrull.net>)
- [uCode] Handle microcode updates for multiple CPUs in initramfs.
(Debian Bug#907372 by Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org>)
- [Core] Ignore temporary mappings of elasticsearch.
(github issue #134 by Georg @teadur)
- [Core] Do not restart oneshot services from systemd-cron.
(Debian Bug#917073 by Antti Salmela <asalmela@iki.fi>)
-- Thomas Liske <thomas@fiasko-nw.net> Tue, 05 Feb 2019 22:43:12 +0100
needrestart 3.3
* Fixes:
- [Core] Configuration file is ignored.
(Debian Bug#901999 by Andreas Schmidt <pi-c@arcor.de>)
(Debian Bug#902031 by Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org>)
(Debian Bug#902049 by Jon <nuxi@vault24.org>)
(github issue #121 by Sven Hartge @shartge)
- [Interp] Supress uninitalized value if abs_path fails.
(github issue #120 by Craig Andrews @candrews)
-- Thomas Liske <thomas@fiasko-nw.net> Sun, 24 Jun 2018 13:32:47 +0200
needrestart 3.2
* Changes:
- [Kernel] Include /boot/kernel* while looking for linux
kernel images (required for Gentoo)
(Gentoo Bug 654958 by Klaus Ethgen)
(github pull request #113 by Craig Andrews @candrews)
- [Core] Do not restart ModemManager by default.
(github pull request #119 by @bodqhrohro)
* Fixes:
- [UI] Do not call GetTerminalSize if STDOUT is not a tty.
(github pull request #110 by Michael Scherer @mscherer)
- [uCode] Filter microcode for CPU signature and flags.
(github issue #112 by @mgondium)
(Debian Bug#900298 by Francois Mescam <fmescam@sd-123993.dedibox.fr>)
- [uCode] Assigning ucodehints a false value disables ucode
checks.
(github issue #115 by Johannes Kampmeyer @xschlef)
- [Hooks] Ignore non-executable init scripts.
(github issue #116 by Marc Dequènes (Duck) @duck-rh)
- [L10n] Fix typo in Russian localization.
(github pull request #118 by @bodqhrohro)
- [UI] Do not leak fd into restarted services.
(Debian Bug#893152 by Stephen Rothwell <debbugs@rothwell.id.au>)
-- Thomas Liske <thomas@fiasko-nw.net> Sat, 16 Jun 2018 17:42:51 +0200
needrestart 3.1
* Changes:
- [uCode] Handle microcode upgrades in early boot initrd images,
required at least on Arch Linux.
(github issue #106 by @Wuestengecko)
* Fixes:
- [uCode] Fix uninitialized value in batch mode.
(Debian Bug#891923 by Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com>)
(github issue #105 by Evgenii Terechkov @evgkrsk)
- [uCode] Fix completely broken microcode update detection.
(github issue #108 by @Wuestengecko)
- [UI] Fix microcode revision placeholders in NeedRestart::UI::stdio.
-- Thomas Liske <thomas@fiasko-nw.net> Thu, 29 Mar 2018 23:22:55 +0200
needrestart 3.0
* Features:
- [Core] Possible to suspend needrestart in apt-get hook using
the NEEDRESTART_SUSPEND environment variable.
(github issue #71 by Ludovic Gasc @GMLudo et. al.)
- [Core] Possible to override the configured restart mode using
the NEEDRESTART_MODE environment variable.
(Debian Bug#866105 by Marc Haber <mh+debian-bugs@zugschlus.de>)
- [uCode] Check for pending Intel microcode updates.
(Debian Bug#886445 by Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org>)
* Changes:
- [Core] Do not try to restart service units with RefuseManualStop=yes.
(github issue #75 by Marc Dequènes @duck-rh)
- [Kernel] Try to adopt RPM's version sorting to get most recent kernel.
(github issue #73 by Maximilian Gaß @mxey)
- [Core] Tune blacklist_mappings default setting to match on deleted maps.
- [UI] Respect verbosity in UI::stdio, just like UI::Debconf.
(github pull request #88 by @guillaume-uH57J9)
- [Core] Improve output formating.
(github issue #84 by Stavros Ntentos @stdedos)
- [Core] Improve container detection to skip kernel and microcode checks.
* Fixes:
- [Core] Makefile: Fix installation of restart.d/ scripts.
(Debian Bug#851866 by Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de>)
- [Core] Fix warning in Perl 5.20.x, not triggered in 5.24.x
in needrestart.conf (Oil Runtime Compiler's JIT files).
(patch by Patrick Matthäi (Debian))
- [Core] Do not restart oneshot services.
(Debian Bug#862840 by Alan Jenkins <alan.christopher.jenkins@gmail.com>)
- [Core] Ignore rc-local.service.
(Debian Bug#852864 by Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org>)
- [Core] Do not restart libvirt by default.
(github issue #69 by Craig Andrews @candrews)
- [Interp/Perl] Add missing cwd restore before a return.
(github issues #55 and #70 Craig Andrews @candrews and Stefan Bühler @stbuehler)
- [Core] README.md: Fix spelling.
(github issue #74 by Edward Betts @EdwardBetts)
- [Core] Add bird to override.
(github issue #78 by Björn Lässig @Farom)
- [Interp/(Perl|Python)] Use absolute paths used to search the package
of a script file.
(github issue #79 by Christopher Odenbach @odenbach)
- [Hook] Use rpm -q --filesbypkg rather than rpmquery.
(github issue #81 by Sven Hartge @shartge)
- [CONT] Detect docker container ns running not on systemd.
- [CONT] Ignore processes running inside docker containers.
(github issue #80 by Christopher Odenbach @odenbach)
- [Core] Ignore special filename mappings used by recent versions of
KDE plasmashell.
(github issue #65 by @GoTeamAnt)
(Debian Bug#879091 by Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org>)
- [Core] Fix handling of library mappings if target does not exist.
(github issue #58 by @pigen)
(Debian Bug#878700 by Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz>)
- [Hook] Fix handling of multiarch packages.
(github issue #56 by @mayasd)
- [Interp] Ignore interpreter processes with unreachable root fs (i.e.
in different mnt ns).
(github issue #72 by Stefan Bühler @stbuehler)
- [Core] Add missing unnamed device major numbers (fix for OpenVZ).
(Debian Bug#876452 by Piotr Pańczyk <piotr.panczyk@assecobs.pl>)
- [UI] Do not call GetTerminalSize() if STDOUT is not a TTY.
(Debian Bug#859387 by by Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org>)
(github issues #85 and #86 by @guillaume-uH57J9)
- [UI] Fix switch from interactive to list mode if debconf is run
noninteractive.
(Debian Bug#876459 by Piotr Pańczyk <piotr.panczyk@assecobs.pl>)
- [man] Add documentation on restart mode if run non-interactive.
(Debian Bug#842512 by Antoine Beaupré <anarcat@debian.org>)
- [Core] Ignore some Java false positives (JNA, JFFI).
(github pull request #89 by Maximilian Gaß @mxey)
(github issue #60 by @ge-fa)
- [Core] Output NRPE message "root needed" on stdout.
(github pull request #91 by @nirgal)
- [Core] Use override_cont when querying containers.
(github pull request #94 by Nigel Kukard @nkukard)
- [Core] Do not restart docker by default.
- [Core] Fix typo in man page.
(Debian Bug#885448 by Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org>)
- [Interp] Fix perl warning if cwd is unreachable.
(github issue #99 by @glitsj16)
- [Hook] Replace remaining calls of rpmquery by rpm.
(github issue #100 by Matthias Hörmann @taladar)
- [Core] Fix additional unit detection in dbus restart handler.
(github issue #104 by Alexander Barton @alexbarton)
-- Thomas Liske <thomas@fiasko-nw.net> Fri, 23 Feb 2018 13:38:46 +0100
needrestart 2.11
* Features:
- [Core] Allow special treatment to restart services (i.e. dbus).
(github issue #44 by @Vladimir-csp)
- [Cont] Support restarting LXD-based LXC containers.
(github issue #26 by James Johnston @JohnstonJ)
- [Core] New config option to enforce legacy session detection if systemd
is used without PAM integration.
(github issue #52 by @micw and Eric S. @Korni22)
* Fixes:
- [Core] Fix default config type for override_* settings.
(github issue #47 by @mphilipps)
- [Kernel] Ignore initrd filenames while looking for kernel image files.
(github issue #49 by Evgenii Terechkov @evgkrsk)
- [Kernel] Strip .img from version string when deducting the kernel
version from filename.
(github issue #49 by Evgenii Terechkov @evgkrsk)
- [Core] Fix wrong regex quotation in default configuration file.
(Debian Bug#844283 by Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org>)
- [Core] Add display-manager 'lxdm' to override.
(Debian Bug#845996 by Rodrigo Campos <rodrigo@sdfg.com.ar>)
- [Interp] Make paths when searching source files relative to the root
path of the process.
(github issue #54 by Tomasz Kontusz @ktosiek)
-- Thomas Liske <thomas@fiasko-nw.net> Tue, 17 Jan 2017 15:59:36 +0100
needrestart 2.10
* Features:
- [Interp] Allow ignoring of interpreted files.
(github issue #39 by Wolfgang Karall @wolfgangkarall)
- [Core] Make verification of mapped files in fileystem configurable as a
workaround for broken grsecurity kernels.
(github issue #46 by @jleroy @eigengrau)
- [Core] Make ignore of mapped files configurable.
(github issue #45 by @stbuehler)
* Fixes:
- [Core] Do not ignore processes if maps file could not be read.
- [Perl] Silence warnings of Module::ScanDeps for dynamic loaded modules.
(github issue #41 by @bxkx @r-lindner)
- [UI] Do not use Text::Wrap while printing restart commands.
(Debian Bug#838622 by Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org>)
- [Core] Do really restart services in automatic mode.
(Debian Bug#838355 by Georg <georg@riseup.net>)
- [Kernel] Include /boot/*.img while looking for linux kernel images.
Fixes kernel detection on Raspbian.
(github issue #38 by @fenhl)
-- Thomas Liske <thomas@fiasko-nw.net> Thu, 03 Nov 2016 23:37:05 +0100
needrestart 2.9
* Changes:
- [l10n] Add RU translation for notify.d stuff.
(github issue #29 by @Vladimir-csp)
(github issue #31 by @Vladimir-csp)
- [Conf] Add lxcfs to override_rc.
(Debian Bug#832166 by Evgeni Golov <evgeni@debian.org>)
- [Conf] Pass arguments of apt-pinvoke to needrestart.
(Debian Bug#826220 by Wolfgang Karall-Ahlborn <lists+debian-bugs@karall-edv.at>)
- [Core] Use $(MAKE) instead of make for parallel make.
(github issue #34 by Craig Andrews @candrews)
- [Core] Make nagios severities configurable.
(github issue #32 by Christoph Anton Mitterer @calestyo)
* Features:
- [Core] Sys-V: use chkconfig tags if LSB tags are missing.
(github issue #33 by Evgenii Terechkov @evgkrsk)
- [Interp] Cache file lists of interpreter processes.
(Debian Bug#826247 by Wolfgang Karall-Ahlborn <lists+debian-bugs@karall-edv.at>)
* Fixes:
- [UI] Add a workaround for bug in Term::ReadKey if STDOUT does not
print on a TTY (see also Debian Bug#824564).
- [Core] Fix orcexec regex to match on removed files, too.
(Debian Bug#828103 by Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org>)
- [Core] Don't compare device numbers on anon fs (i.e. OpenVZ's simfs).
(github issue #28 by Sven-Haegar Koch @haegar)
- [Core] Fix odd perl warnings about LSB tags.
(github issue #33 by Evgenii Terechkov @evgkrsk)
- [Core] Make systemctl_combine config option working.
(Debian Bug#826526 by Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org>)
- [Core] Handle newlines in kernel versions gracefully.
(Debian Bug#827162 by Martin Steigerwald <martin@lichtvoll.de>)
- [Core] Fix session counter in nagios plugin mode.
-- Thomas Liske <thomas@fiasko-nw.net> Sat, 03 Sep 2016 14:52:41 +0200
needrestart 2.8
* Changes:
- [Core] Restart SysV init services on systemd using systemctl.
(Debian Bug#818853 by Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org>)
- [Core] Print a combined `systemctl restart` command line for skipped
services (config option).
(Debian Bug#818853 by Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org>)
- [l10n] Make NeedRestart::UI::stdio localized and update German localization.
- [notify] Disable mail notification by default (notify.conf).
* Features:
- [Core] Add a easy UI mode hiding technical details for non-technical users.
(Debian Bug#819824 by Patrick Schleizer <adrelanos@riseup.net>))
- [Cont] Detect systemd-machined containers.
* Fixes:
- [Conf] Add xendomains to override_rc.
(Debian Bug#817807 by Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org>)
- [Core] Do not terminate debconf after restart service selection since it
is still needed for container selection.
- [Core] Fix regex handling in cgroup detection.
(github pull request #25 by Courtney Bane @cbane)
- [Core] Fix library probing inside filesystem namespaces (i.e. LXC
containers).
(github issue #23 by Lukas Pirl @lpirl)
- [Interp] Fix incomplete skipping of scanning files in Interp/*.pm
if cwd is unknown.
- [Interp] Improve getopts parsing (Interp::*) to remove "Uknown option:"
warnings.
(Debian Bug#817927 by F. Petitjean <francois.petitjean@bureauveritas.com>)
- [notify.d] Fix bashisms in /etc/needrestart/notify.d/*.
(Debian Bug#818001 by Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn
<cristian.ionescu-idbohrn@axis.com>)
(github issue #21 by Sebastian Brandt @sbrandtb)
(Debian Bug#824184 by Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org>)
- [UI] stdio: do not skip service asked while choosing auto mode.
-- Thomas Liske <thomas@fiasko-nw.net> Mon, 16 May 2016 18:45:51 +0200
needrestart 2.7
* [Bug] Ignore init rc being symlinks to upstart-job.
(github issue #16 by Jonas Genannt @hggh)
* [Bug] Allow systemd service names with dots in them.
(github issue #19 by Michael Fladischer <michael@fladi.at>)
* [Bug] Add display-manager 'slim' to override.
(Debian Bug#816061 by Lars Kruse <devel@sumpfralle.de>)
* [debconf] Add russian translation.
(Debian Bug#815086 by Vladimir Kudrya <pzs-fs@yandex.ru>)
* [notify] Add support for translation of notify scripts.
(Debian Bug#815086 by Vladimir Kudrya <pzs-fs@yandex.ru>)
* [Core] Add support for translation of core script.
(Debian Bug#815086 by Vladimir Kudrya <pzs-fs@yandex.ru>)
* [Bug] Fix missing translations in debconf template file.
(Debian Bug#815086 by Vladimir Kudrya <pzs-fs@yandex.ru>)
* [notify] Notification scripts can be disabled globaly (see notify.conf).
(Debian Bug#787297 by Christoph Anton Mitterer <calestyo@scientia.net>)
* [Core] Improve output of restart commands.
-- Thomas Liske <thomas@fiasko-nw.net> Sun, 06 Mar 2016 14:46:45 +0100
needrestart 2.6
* [Bug] Do not notify system users via email.
(Debian Bug#812399 by Marc Haber <mh+debian-packages@zugschlus.de>)
* [Bug] Do no restart services in interactive restart mode while
debconf's noninteractive frontend is used.
(Debian Bug#803249 by Felix Geyer <fgeyer@debian.org>)
* [Bug] Fix broken detection of old mappings due to regression
introduced in v2.3 (commit acf6a07).
(Debian Bug#810970 by Andreas Schmidt <pi-c@arcor.de>)
-- Thomas Liske <thomas@fiasko-nw.net> Wed, 17 Feb 2016 22:14:32 +0100
needrestart 2.5
* [Bug] Fix broken kernel detection due to syntax error.
(Debian Bug#810031 by Martin Steigerwald <martin@lichtvoll.de>)
-- Thomas Liske <thomas@fiasko-nw.net> Tue, 05 Jan 2016 23:17:53 +0100
needrestart 2.4
* [Bug] Drop unused dependency on File::Slurp.
(Debian Bug#799733 by Christoph Anton Mitterer <calestyo@scientia.net>)
(Debian Bug#799734 by Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de>)
* [Bug] Add user@\d+.service to override_rc.
(Debian Bug#788380 by Shirish Agarwal <shirishag75@gmail.com>)
* [Bug] Add override for systemd-logind due to another systemd regression.
(Debian Bug#800718 by Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de>)
* [Bug] Fix grammar in hook scripts.
(Debian Bug#805980 by Justin B Rye <justin.byam.rye@gmail.com>)
* [Bug] Fix kernel detection on non x86* arch.
(Debian Bug#800720 by Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de>)
* [Kernel] Extract kernel version on non-x86(_64) archs (allows ABI checks).
-- Thomas Liske <thomas@fiasko-nw.net> Fri, 01 Jan 2016 21:54:47 +0100
needrestart 2.3
* [Bug] Add lightdm to override.
(Debian Bug#791649 by Martin Steigerwald <martin@lichtvoll.de>)
* [Bug] Do not try container detection in user mode.
(Debian Bug#791665 by Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>)
* [Bug] Remove unsupported HTML markups from notifications.
(Debian Bug#791664 by Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>)
* [Bug] Compare inodes of mapped files more reliable for chrooted
processes.
(github issue #11 by Markus Frosch <markus@lazyfrosch.de>)
* [Kernel] Skip kernel detection within containers.
* [UI] Add a quiet option to drop any progress messages.
(Debian Bug#791708 by Rodrigo Campos <rodrigo@sdfg.com.ar>)
* [Bug] Do not handle user services as system services.
(Debian Bug#792032 by Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>)
* [Bug] Fix cutting path names read from /proc/PID/maps at spaces
resulting in false-positives.
-- Thomas Liske <thomas@fiasko-nw.net> Sat, 19 Sep 2015 20:38:19 +0200
needrestart 2.2
* [regression] Processes using chroot were always detected as obsolete
since missing binaries in /proc/PID/root/.
(Debian Bug#786584 by François Mescam <francois@mescam.org>)
-- Thomas Liske <thomas@fiasko-nw.net> Tue, 26 May 2015 23:56:11 +0200
needrestart 2.1
* [Bug] Ignore /usr/bin/apt-get.
(Debian Bug#784237 by Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>)
* [Bug] Add override for systemd's emergency.service and rescue.service.
(Debian Bug#784437)
* [Bug] Ignore Oil Runtime Compiler's JIT files.
(Debian Bug#786374 by Francois Mescam <francois@mescam.org>)
* [Bug] Fix 2c037bc did broke the progressbar.
(Related to Debian Bug#768124)
* [Cont] Detect and suggest to restart containers:
- docker
- LXC
(Debian Bug#783181 by Brian Minton <brian@minton.name>)
* [Core] Add nagios plugin mode (-p).
(github issue #5 by Ludovic Gasc [@GMLudo])
* [Core] Use /proc/$PID/root to scan for files fixing false positives on
containers (i.e. LXC) using bind mounts.
(Debian Bug#783181 by Brian Minton <brian@minton.name>)
* [Interp] Skip scanning files with Interp/* if cwd is unknown.
(Debian Bug#779832 by wforumw <wforumw@gmail.com>)
* [Interp] Skip scanning files with Interp/* if cwd is unknown.
(Debian Bug#779832 by wforumw <wforumw@gmail.com>)
* [Kernel] Add kernel hints option not requiring an acknowledgement by
the user.
(Debian Bug#769811 by Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org>)
* [Kernel] Take version number comparing stuff from Dpkg::Version to
compare kernel versions correctly.
(Debian Bug#781657 by Martin Steigerwald <Martin@Lichtvoll.de>)
* [UI] Improve restart query in interactive mode (stdio).
(Debian Bug#772859 by Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org>)
-- Thomas Liske <thomas@fiasko-nw.net> Fri, 22 May 2015 01:45:17 +0200
needrestart 2.0
* [regression] List commands in list mode.
(Debian Bug#764042 by Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org>)
* Add a conf.d/ directory.
(Debian Bug#764043 by Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org>)
* [UI] Fix empty current/expected kernel version string used by
debconf template.
(Debian Bug#764917 by Laurent Bonnaud <L.Bonnaud@laposte.net>)
* Don't blacklist services by default but use a new override_rc option
to don't restart some critical services by default.
(Debian Bug#763937 by Christoph Anton Mitterer <calestyo@scientia.net>)
* Don't restart services greylisted in override_rc in auto mode.
(Debian Bug#770937 by Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org>)
* [UI] Disable progress bar while running non-interactive.
(Debian Bug#768124 by Phillip Berndt <phillip.berndt@googlemail.com>)
* [UI] Fix warning on uninitialized values while reading from /dev/stdin.
(Debian Bug#768124 by Phillip Berndt <phillip.berndt@googlemail.com>)
* [Interp] Add basic Java detection support.
* Add PolicyKit action file to allow needrestart-session to run
needrestart as root.
* [UI] Add `-f <fe>` CLI parameter to allow to overwrite the
DEBIAN_FRONTEND environment variable used by debconf(7).
-- Thomas Liske <thomas@fiasko-nw.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2015 00:46:13 +0100
needrestart 1.2
* Prepare po-debconf usage and add German translation.
(Debian Bug#761068 by David Prévot <taffit@debian.org>)
* Drop dependency on Term::ProgressBar::Simple.
(Debian Bug#761192 by Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>)
* Fix blacklist to match upgraded binaries (dpkg).
(Debian Bug#761346 by Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org>)
* Fix detection of unit names on systemd 215+.
(Debian Bug#762312 by Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de>)
* Ignore special paths (SYSV IPC, DRM, /dev), fixing some
false positives.
* Add service blacklist configuration option to fix display
manager blacklisting with systemd.
* Handle restarts of systemd manager and sysv init using
their specific commands.
(Debian Bug#762528 by Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org>)
-- Thomas Liske <thomas@fiasko-nw.net> Sun, 28 Sep 2014 23:48:42 +0200
needrestart 1.1
* Ignore DHCP clients.
(Debian Bug#752111 by Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org>)
* Add options allowing to select which check should be performed.
(Proposed by Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org>)
-- Thomas Liske <thomas@fiasko-nw.net> Sat, 16 Aug 2014 09:57:29 +0200
needrestart 1.0
* Fix grammar errors and use a additional debconf template.
(Debian Bug#748652 by Justin B Rye <justin.byam.rye@gmail.com>)
* Ignore device ID in /proc/<pid>/maps on kFreeBSD.
(Reported by Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org>).
* Ignore device ID for unnamed devices due to broken implementation on btrfs.
(Debian Bug#750734 by Frederik Himpe <fhimpe@vub.ac.be>)
* Skip scanning of needrestart process.
(Debian Bug#751877 by Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>)
* [UI] Drop UI specific progress indicators, use
Term::ProgressBar::Simple to minimize disruption of the terminal.
(Debian Bug#748758 by Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>)
* [UI] Support 'backup' capability of Debconf.
* [Interp] Fix include path retrieval on python3.
(Debian Bug#750589 by Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn
<cristian.ionescu-idbohrn@axis.com>)
* [Interp] Handle errors on python include path retrieval gracefully.
(Debian Bug#750589 by Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn
<cristian.ionescu-idbohrn@axis.com>)
-- Thomas Liske <thomas@fiasko-nw.net> Tue, 17 Jun 2014 15:21:15 +0200
needrestart 0.9
* Drop external dependency on strings command from binutils.
* Fix "uninitialized value" by apparent kernel threads.
(Debian Bug#746363 by Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org>)
* Read kernel version from x86 kernel boot header and handle
uncompressed kernel images.
(Debian Bug#746550 by Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org>)
* Several small bugfixes:
- [Interp] initial source file detection broken due using getopt
instead of getopts
(Debian Bug#746363 by Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org>)
- [UI] fix newlines in Debconf template
- [UI] fix "No such file or directory" triggered by stdio
(Debian Bug#746550 by Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org>)
- [Interp] Use source file instead of /proc/<pid>/exe to find package.
-- Thomas Liske <thomas@fiasko-nw.net> Sun, 11 May 2014 22:48:42 +0200
needrestart 0.8
* Fix non-numeric argument on progress_prep call.
(Debian Bug#744961 by Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn
<cristian.ionescu-idbohrn@axis.com>)
* Feature: interpreter support enables needrestart to look for obsolete
source files in scripting languages:
- Perl: using Module::ScanDeps
- Python: using home made source file scanning
- Ruby: using home made source file scanning
* Feature: detect running on obsolete kernels
(Debian Bug#745270 by Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org>)
* NeedRestart::UI::Dialog: has been dropped
* NeedRestart::UI::stdio: add mass processing
* Several small bugfixes.
-- Thomas Liske <thomas@fiasko-nw.net> Sun, 27 Apr 2014 10:15:35 +0200
needrestart 0.7
* Improved rc script detection, e.g.: previous releases failed to
detect apache2's init script after upgrading libssl1.0.0.
* Handle Linux VServer naming convention on deleted binaries.
(Thanks to Phillip Berndt [@phillipberndt])
* Support GNU formatted device ids.
(github issue #1 by Phillip Berndt [@phillipberndt])
* Hooks: Use only available package managers.
* Hooks: Ignore hooks not returning any rc scripts
(fixes detecting apache2's rc script).
* Hooks: Prefer rc scripts w/ matching pid
(fixes calling unnecessary rc scripts like libvirt-guests).
* Improve rc script detection by using a two pass
analysis.
* Fallback to NeedRestart::UI::stdio while being verbose.
(Debian Bug#744000 by Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org>)
* Add default UI configuration option.
(Debian Bug#744001 by Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org>)
* Apply blacklist while processing parent processes.
(Debian Bug#744002 by Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org>)
* Apply Debian's 01-makefile-fix.diff upstream.
-- Thomas Liske <thomas@fiasko-nw.net> Mon, 14 Apr 2014 21:50:15 +0200
needrestart 0.6
* Add lightdm to blacklist.
(Debian Bug#735027 by Michael Gilbert <mgilbert@debian.org>)
* Print eval exception message on config file errors.
* Use systemd if available.
(Debian Bug#731028 by Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org>)
* Use service to run traditional SysV scripts.
* Change batch processing output.
* Print full restart commands in list mode.
(Debian Bug#731028 by Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org>)
-- Thomas Liske <thomas@fiasko-nw.net> Mon, 07 Apr 2014 22:52:18 +0200
needrestart 0.5
* Ignore mapped files in /tmp.
* Handle LSB tags case insensitivly.
(Debian Bug#731165 by Christian Ionescu-Idbohrn
<cristian.ionescu-idbohrn@axis.com>)
* Prevent config file in dpkg.cfg.d to break dpkg
after removing needrestart.
(Debian Bug#732461 by Andreas Beckmann <anbe@debian.org>)
-- Thomas Liske <thomas@fiasko-nw.net> Thu, 02 Jan 2014 19:55:49 +0100
needrestart 0.4
* Fix spelling:
- typo in debconf template (s/restartet/restarted/;)
(Debian Bug#723935 by Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org>)
- debconf template title (s/orphaned/outdated/;)
(Debian Bug#723935 by Justin B Rye <justin.byam.rye@gmail.com>)
* Fix progress bar increase to grow up to 100%:
- binaries were counted twice
- kernel threads did not increase progress
* Demand restart of deleted binaries.
* Add sudo binary to example blacklist.
(Debian Bug#725937 by Jim Barber <jim.barber@ddihealth.com>)
* Drop version number from man page.
(Debian Bug#729997 by Raf Czlonka <rafal.czlonka@gmail.com>)
* NeedRestart::UI::Debconf: Fix return code handling if readline
is used as debconf frontend.
(Debian Bug#729997 by Raf Czlonka <rafal.czlonka@gmail.com>)
-- Thomas Liske <thomas@fiasko-nw.net> Thu, 28 Nov 2013 19:30:06 +0100
needrestart 0.3
* Fix typo reported by Patrick Matthäi.
* Add man page provided by Patrick Matthäi (Debian).
* Offer restart on non-existing mappings.
* Add PacMan hook.
* Be more fault-tolerant in batch mode.
* Provide a more sophisticated apt/dpkg trigger.
* Fix ignored -r command line parameter.
(Debian Bug#721809 by Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org>)
* Ignore forked/detached daemon childs (pidfile heuristic).
(Debian Bug#721810 by Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org>)
* Provide modular UI including debconf and dialog based
frontends.
* Ignore binaries due blacklist config option.
-- Thomas Liske <thomas@fiasko-nw.net> Sat, 14 Sep 2013 12:55:16 +0200
needrestart 0.2
* Support (l)ist only, (i)nteractive restart and
(a)utomaticly restart modes.
* Supply apt.conf.d script to call needrestart on every upgrade.
* Drop dependency on (Debian's) run-parts.
* Drop Term::Query dependency.
* Ignore rc scripts to be run in other run-levels.
* Add batch mode.
-- Thomas Liske <thomas@fiasko-nw.net> Tue, 02 Apr 2013 21:51:48 +0200
needrestart 0.1
* Initial release.
-- Thomas Liske <thomas@fiasko-nw.net> Fri, 29 Mar 2013 19:40:09 +0100
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