Re: dbus-deamon avoiding reboot after upgrade
On Wed 14 Aug 2019 at 07:36:21 +0200, john doe wrote:
> Hi Rico, and thanks for your answer.
>
> On 8/13/2019 9:25 PM, Reco wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 08:07:49PM +0200, john doe wrote:
> >> I have no plan to reboot that server, what are the pros and cons of not
> >> doing that
> >
> > Pro: keeping uptime
> > Con: keeping previous, possibly buggy, version for dbus running.
> >
> >> or how can I avoid rebooting altogether?
> >
> > dbus is not mandatory and is redundant for typical server software.
> > If you don't need it - just uninstall it. Simple as that.
> >
>
> okay, dbus is only required when a DE (Gnome,Mate, ...) is present.
> If I'm correct, and given the fact that I don't use a DE, I could look
> at safely remove it?
You are not correct. 'apt rdepends dbus' is worth looking at.
>
> In other words, why is dbus a dependency when no DE is installed or what
> are the corner cases when dbus is needed without a DE.
Those setting up a print server would likely not see a corner case here.
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Brian.
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