arch-needs-restart

A helper script to check which updated libraries and kernel are in use and require a restart

Setup

Get started like so:

1. Clone repo into arbitrary path <repo>
2. Make needs-restart.sh executable

   chmod +x <repo>/needs-restart.sh
   

3. Symlink to files, for example

   sudo ln -s <repo>/needs-restart.sh /usr/local/bin/arch-needs-restart
   sudo ln -s <repo>/arch-needs-restart.hook /usr/share/libalpm/hooks/arch-needs-restart.hook
   

   Note that while you may choose arbitrary locations for symlinks arch-needs-restart.hook references /usr/local/bin/arch-needs-restart. Change that accordingly if you need to.

Credits

StackExchange user Christian Zangl aka laktak in January 2021 post unix.stackexchange.com/a/630982