Re: dbus-deamon avoiding reboot after upgrade
On Sun 18 Aug 2019 at 12:17:59 +0200, john doe wrote:
> On 8/17/2019 8:15 PM, Brian wrote:
> > On Tue 13 Aug 2019 at 20:07:49 +0200, john doe wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> While upgrading the dbus deamon, I get the following:
> >>
> >> "A reboot is required to replace the running dbus-daemon.
> >> Please reboot the system when convenient."
> >>
> >>
> >> I have no plan to reboot that server, what are the pros and cons of not
> >> doing that or how can I avoid rebooting altogether?
> >
> > In the light of Curt's reference to #805449 and your reluctance to
> > provide any extra information on the server setup you have in mind,
> > your plan will have to accomodate reality. Reboot and be done with
> > it.
> >
>
> From reading this thread, here's what I understand:
>
> Despide the word desktop being thrown everyware (URL of the page given
> in this thread, ...) it has now moved to be use or at the very least
> installed, on non-desktop host.
>
> If the above is correct, is there a rule to determine if dbus is required?
> Relying on apt/apt-get is something that I'm not comfortable with! :)
The -s option to apt could make you feel more comfortable if you are
concerned about damaging the system. Otherwise, 'aptitude why dbus'.
--
Brian.
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