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ZYPP-BOOT-PLUGIN(8) zypp-boot-plugin ZYPP-BOOT-PLUGIN(8)

NAME

zypp-boot-plugin - Libzypp plugin for evaluating needed reboot after package installation/update.

DESCRIPTION

This Zypp plugin will be called after each package installation/update which will be done by applications which uses libzypp.

If needed, the plugin creates the file /run/reboot-needed which indicates for other applications, that a reboot is needed.

There are different boot levels which will be stored in the /run/reboot-needed as an normal ASCII string:

reboot

Hard reboot

kexec

Booting a new kernel without initializing hardware and without using any bootloader like Grub2.

soft-reboot

Soft reboot done by E.G. *systemctl soft-reboot*

FILES

/usr/etc/zypp/zypp-boot-plugin.conf

File which defines package lists for which a reboot is needed after installation/update. Do not touch this file because it will be overwritten by a new package installation/update.

/etc/zypp/zypp-boot-plugin.conf

Despite the file described above, this file can be edit by the admin and will NOT be overwritten while an package installation/update. These file entries have the higest priority.

SEE ALSO

zypper(8)

AUTHORS

Stefan Schubert <schubi@suse.com>.

02/22/2024 zypp-boot-plugin 0.0.8