Re: dbus-deamon avoiding reboot after upgrade
On Sun, Aug 18, 2019 at 04:56:34PM +0200, john doe wrote:
> On 8/18/2019 3:19 PM, Brian wrote:
> > 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'.
> >
>
> Thank you, Apt/apt-get will do what I tell it to do but what I don't
> understand is on what bases should I remove dbus.
>
> In other words, in what cases is dbus not redondent/when do I need dbus
> on a non-desktop environment.
Show us 'apt purge dbus -s' output please.
Reco
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