I have the same problem. I will "fix" my system now by "making /var/run a symlink to /run." as Steve suggested. Unfortunately "Ubuntu" has not been doing that for me in my case. The two paths are separate directories. Only /run is a tmpfs. /var/run is on the root filesystem.
System: Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS Originally "installed" in January 2015 by "pasting" (dd) a cloud-image to the (Virtual Servers) hard disk. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1582958 Title: reboot-required.pkgs dose not clear after rebooting To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-notifier/+bug/1582958/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs